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The Monument is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, and is 12 miles (19 km) north of San Francisco. It protects 554 acres (224 ha), [ 4 ] of which 240 acres (97 ha) are old growth coast redwood ( Sequoia sempervirens ) forests, [ 5 ] one of a few such stands remaining in the San Francisco Bay Area .
The San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department is the city agency responsible for governing and maintaining all city-owned parks and recreational facilities in San Francisco, as well as Sharp Park Golf Course in Pacifica and Camp Mather in Tuolumne County. Current facilities include 4,113 acres (1,664 ha) of total recreational and open space ...
Memorial Park, located in Loma Mar, San Mateo County, California, United States, is operated by the San Mateo County Department of Parks.The park encompasses 673 acres (2.72 km 2), and includes old-growth redwood trees, eight miles (13 km) of hiking trails, camping areas, picnic facilities, a visitor center, a camp store, a creek swimming area, and campfire programs.
The Santa Ysabel Reservation (33°10′16″N 116°39′44″W) is a federal reservation, located in northeastern San Diego County, California, near the mountain towns of Santa Ysabel and Julian. [3] The reservation was founded in 1893 and is 15,526.78 acres (62.8346 km 2) large. [4] 110 people of 300 enrolled members lived there in the 1970s. [5]
15 May 1975 [3] Designated CHISL. 1960. The Mare Island Naval Shipyard (MINSY or MINS) was the first United States Navy base established on the Pacific Ocean [4] and was in service 142 years from 1854 to 1996. It is located on Mare Island, 23 miles (37 km) northeast of San Francisco, in Vallejo, California.
Mare Island (Spanish: Isla de la Yegua) is a peninsula in the United States in the city of Vallejo, California, about 23 miles (37 km) northeast of San Francisco.The Napa River forms its eastern side as it enters the Carquinez Strait juncture with the east side of San Pablo Bay.
The California State Parks system is headquartered at the California Natural Resources Agency, in Sacramento. Responsible for almost one-third of California's scenic coastline (280 miles), California State Parks manages the state's finest coastal wetlands, estuaries, beaches, and dune systems. California State Parks contains the largest and ...
184 [5] The InterContinental Mark Hopkins San Francisco is a luxury hotel located at the top of Nob Hill in San Francisco, California. The hotel is managed by the InterContinental Hotels Group. The chain operates over 5,000 hotels and resorts in approximately 75 nations. The Mark Hopkins is the oldest InterContinental in the United States.