23rd Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest Travel
East Brother Island, San Francisco Bay

Tiny East Brother Island is the smallest inhabited island in San Francisco Bay. Only one acre in size, it is home to a Victorian lighthouse and attached keeper's house, plus a few outbuildings. As the lighthouse has been automated, no keeper is required and the house has been converted to a small bed-and-breakfast. The island is also home to one of the few remaining compressor-driven diaphone foghorns in the U.S.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 04.2025
Date Uploaded: 11.2025
Photo Location: East Brother Island, California, United States of America
Camera: LEICA M10
Copyright: © Virginia Hines