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The Douglas Family Preserve is a public park in Santa Barbara, California. The Preserve is located on the mesa above Arroyo Burro Beach . The property spans 70 acres (280,000 m 2 ) of undeveloped ocean-front land, and represents the largest area of coastal open space within the city limits of Santa Barbara.
Doheny State Beach (known colloquially as Doho) is known as the first state beach in the California state park system. [1] Located on the Pacific Ocean in the city of Dana Point, the beach is adjacent to several surf spots and scenic beaches including Salt Creek Beach, Baby Beach, and Capistrano Beach. [2]
Sedgwick Reserve is a 5,896-acre (2,386 ha) nature reserve in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. It is located in the San Rafael Mountains , 35 miles north of Santa Barbara near the town of Santa Ynez . [ 2 ]
Michigan Bar was a former mining camp near a sandbar in the Cosumnes River in Sacramento County, California which was founded by two gold miners from Michigan. [1] The town site expanded out of the mining camp and by the 1850s contained a population of around 1500. By 1899, it had its own post office.
Jug Handle State Natural Reserve is a state park unit of California, United States, preserving a series of marine terraces each exhibiting a different stage of ecological succession. [1] It is located on California State Route 1 north of the village of Caspar, five miles (8 km) equidistant between the towns of Mendocino and Fort Bragg. The 776 ...
Fitzgerald Marine Reserve is a marine reserve in California on the Pacific Ocean, located just north of Pillar Point Harbor and Mavericks in the San Mateo County community of Moss Beach. Moss Beach is located approximately 20 miles (32 km) south of San Francisco and 50 miles (80 km) north of Santa Cruz .
The reserve was one of several state parks threatened with closure in 2008. After the 2009 California state special elections , in which voters turned down a package of propositions dealing with California budget crisis , Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed the temporary closure (for at least 2 years) of 220 parks. [ 5 ]
Point Lobos and the Point Lobos State Natural Reserve is a state park in California.Adjoining Point Lobos is "one of the richest marine habitats in California". [2] The ocean habitat is protected by two marine protected areas, the Point Lobos State Marine Reserve and Point Lobos State Marine Conservation Area.