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The park is in the high Sierra Nevada mountain range at an elevation of around 1,900 metres (6,200 ft). It is covered in mixed coniferous forest with tree species such as Jeffrey pine (Pinus jeffreyi), white fir (Abies concolor), Sierra lodgepole pine (Pinus contorta ssp. murrayana), California incense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens), sugar pine (Pinus lambertiana), and red fir (Abies magnifica). [4]
Elkhorn Slough is a 7-mile-long (11 km) [2] [3] tidal slough and estuary on Monterey Bay in Monterey County, California. It is California's second largest estuary and the United States' first estuarine sanctuary. [4] The community of Moss Landing and the Moss Landing Power Plant are located at the mouth of the slough on the bay.
A 2.5 mi (4.0 km) hike from the trailhead at the east end of the campground to a 36 ft (11 m) waterfall largely follows an abandoned logging road along the creek. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] A small beach, physically in the western part of the park but accessed by a road from the eastern side, is equipped with a restroom and an outdoor shower; [ 4 ] swimming ...
The Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve is a nature reserve that is located at 1700 Elkhorn Road in Watsonville, California. [1] The reserve encompasses the central shore of Monterey Bay and is approximately 100 miles (160 km) south of San Francisco, California . [ 2 ]
Elkhorn is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Monterey County, California, United States. [6] [7] Elkhorn was originally a stop on the Southern Pacific Railroad 4 miles (6 km) north of Castroville, at an elevation of 10 feet (3.0 m). [4] The settled part of the community now occupies the hills to the east of the ...
Bridgeport (also: Nyes Landing and Nye's Crossing) is a former settlement on the Yuba River in Nevada County, California, 2 mi (3.2 km) from the town of French Corral. Its elevation is 567 ft (173 m) above sea level. [2]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Nevada County, California, United States. Latitude and longitude coordinates are provided for many National Register properties and districts; these locations may be seen together in an online map. [1]
Bridgeport is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) [2] in Mono County, California, United States. [4] It is the Mono county seat. The population was 553 at the 2020 census. [3] The first post office at Bridgeport opened in 1864. [5] The ZIP code is 93517, and the community is in area codes 760 and 442.