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The San Francisco Bay Discovery Site is a marker commemorating the first recorded European sighting of San Francisco Bay. In 1769, the Portola expedition traveled north by land from San Diego, seeking to establish a base at the Port of Monterey described by Sebastian Vizcaino in 1602. When they reached Monterey, however, they were not sure it ...
As California faces a staggering budget deficit, library card holders may soon lose the ability to check out free passes to more than 200 state parks, including popular destinations near Los Angeles.
This park has not officially been named but has been classified as a state park. The use of Sutter Buttes in the name was allowed temporarily by the California State Parks Commission in 2004. Currently no public access. [137] Sutter's Fort State Historic Park: State historic park Sacramento: 5.8 2.3 1914 Tahoe State Recreation Area: State ...
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park; Jack London State Historic Park; La Purísima Mission State Historic Park; Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park; Los Angeles State Historic Park; Los Encinos State Historic Park; Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park; Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park; Marshall Gold Discovery State ...
The book Camps and Trails in China [2] records their experiences. In 1920, Andrews began planning for expeditions to Mongolia and drove a fleet of Dodge cars westward from Peking . In 1922, the party discovered a fossil of Paraceratherium (then named " Baluchitherium "), a gigantic hornless rhinocerotoid , which was sent back to the museum ...
The 1,600-acre (648-hectare) Dos Rios tract in the state's crop-rich Central Valley is set to open June 12 as California's 281st state park. California announces first new state park in a decade ...
[11] [12] [13] The main route climbs through what is now Santa Susana Pass State Historic Park, with a branch in L.A. City Park 'Chatsworth Park South.' It was an important artery linking the Los Angeles Basin and inland Ventura County , and was part of the main route for travel by stagecoach between Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1861 ...
The park and lake support outdoor recreation such as camping, picnicking, horseback riding, hiking, sail and power-boating, water-skiing, fishing, swimming, boat-in camping, floating campsites, and horse camping. [3] There is a visitor center with interpretive exhibits and a 47-foot (14 m) observation tower overlooking the lake and dam. [4]