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Point Resistance, Point Reyes National Seashore
Point Resistance is a headland on Drakes Bay, on the western shore of the Marin Peninsula, at the north end of Kelham Beach in the Phillip Burton Wilderness of Point Reyes National Seashore, about 27 miles (44 km) northwest of San Francisco and 3.5 miles (7 km) southwest of Olema, California.
Jug Handle Cove, Ecological Staircase
Jug Handle Cove is a California State Natural Preserve made up of a series of ancient marine terraces, known as the Ecological Staircase, which exhibit different stages of ecological succession at the mouth of Jug Handle Creek, about 5 miles (8 km) south of Fort Bragg and 5 miles (8 km) north of Mendocino, California.
Lobos Creek, Baker Beach
Lobos Creek is a stream in the Presidio of San Francisco, draining urban runoff and underground springs and flowing intermittently west for 1 mile (1.6 km) from near Mountain Lake to the Pacific Ocean between Baker Beach and China Beach, about 5 miles (8 km) west of downtown San Francisco and at Sea Cliff, California.
Fort Ross, Northwest Cape
Fort Ross, a historic Russian settlement and part of Fort Ross State Historic Park, lies on a small bight called Fort Ross Cove, south of Northwest Cape, about 24 miles (39 km) southeast of Gualala and 8 miles (13 km) northwest of Jenner, California.
Fort Cronkhite, Marin Headlands
Fort Cronkhite, on the Marin Headlands, is a historic US Army facility that supported Battery Townsley, part of San Francisco Bay’s coastal artillery during World War II, about 8 miles southwest of Stinson Beach and 8 miles west-northwest of San Francisco, California.
Tomales Point, Point Reyes National Seashore
Tomales Bluff is a headland forming the northern tip of Tomales Point in Point Reyes National Seashore National Seashore, about 45 miles (72 km) northwest of San Francisco and 7 miles (11 km) south-southeast of Bodega Bay, California.
Point Arguello, Vandenberg Space Launch Complex
Point Arguello is a prominent headland and the site of Vandenberg Space Launch Complex, as well as a historical cattle ranch, lighthouse station, and a Loran station, about 55 miles (89 km) west-northwest of Santa Barbara and 12 miles (19 km) southwest of Lompoc, California.
Point Piedras Blancas, San Simeon
Point Piedras Blancas is a prominent headland and the site of a historic light station within the California Coastal National Monument, and surrounded by the Hearst San Simeon State Park, about 73 miles (117 km) south-southeast of Monterey and 6 miles (10 km) west-northwest of San Simeon, California.
Cannery Row, Monterey
Cannery Row is the Monterey waterfront between San Carlos Beach and Cabrillo Beach, or between the Monterey Harbor Marina and the Monterey Bay Aquarium, where several historical Pacific sardine canneries once operated, about 25 miles (40 km) south-southeast of Santa Cruz and 1 mile (1.6 km) southeast of Pacific Grove, California.
La Honda Canyon, Point Pedernales
La Honda Canyon is a valley formed by Cañada Honda Creek that enters the Pacific Ocean 0.4 miles (0.6 km) near Woodbury Rocks north of Point Pedernales, about 56 miles (90 km) west-northwest of Santa Barbara and 11 miles (18 km) west-southwest of Lompoc, California.
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