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A roughly 50-foot white concrete lighthouse built in 1934 to guide ships into Tanapag Harbor — one of the few surviving pre-WWII civilian Japanese structures on Saipan, National Register-listed in 1974, with the keeper's quarters still standing. A café that reopened it in 2020–21 closed in April 2025, and in 2026 the property was transferred to the Marianas Visitors Authority for its offices, with a visitor and cultural center planned. Visit as a historic site and viewpoint.
Information source: National Register of Historic Places; Marianas Visitors Authority
Record updated: 11/9/2026 · Current access not independently verified
Navy Hill, Garapan
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~133-acre park in Garapan honoring American and Marianas lives lost in the 1944 Marianas Campaign: Court of Honor and Flag Circle inscribed with 5,204 names, carillon bell tower, WWII museum/visitor center with the 22-minute film "An Island Called Saipan," mangrove boardwalk and a 1.2-mile scenic path. Entry free; grounds open 24 hours. Phone (670) 234-7207.
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~30 m sea cliff at Marpi (northern tip), where hundreds of Japanese/Okinawan civilians jumped in July 1944; memorials from Japan, Okinawa and Korea; Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko visited in 2005.
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Rises 800+ ft over the Marpi plain; peace memorial and memorials along the cliff edge; views to Bird Island; the Banadero Trail descends from here to the Last Command Post. Walkway/platform construction through summer 2027.
