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    The Point Montara Light is a lighthouse in Montara, California, United States, on the southern approach to the San Francisco Bay, California approximately...
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    name "Montoro" was initially used, at least in 1867, for Montara Mountain and Montara Point by the Whitney Survey (also known as the California Geological...
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    Montara State Marine Reserve (SMR) and Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area (SMCA) are two adjoining marine protected areas that extend offshore...
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    Pigeon Point Light Station or Pigeon Point Lighthouse is a lighthouse built in 1871 to guide ships on the Pacific coast of California. It is the tallest...
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    Point Dume is a promontory on the coast of Malibu, California that juts out into the Pacific Ocean. The point, a long bluff, forms the northern end of...
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    Point Cabrillo Light is a lighthouse in northern California, United States, between Point Arena and Cape Mendocino, just south of the community of Caspar...
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    Beach Light was an early lighthouse on Cape Cod. Deactivated in 1922, the second tower was moved to California and re-erected as the Point Montara Light in...
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    Palisades Park is located atop Santa Monica's cliffs, providing a vantage point to see the Santa Monica Beach and the Pacific Ocean. The beach is the one...
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    Quarry Park Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Pigeon Point Light Station Historic State Park Point Montara Light Station State Park San Bruno Mountain State Park...
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  • Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park Pío Pico State Historic Park Point Sur State Historic Park Railtown 1897...
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    )". November 13, 2021. "ClearDarkSky Light Pollution Map". ClearDarkSky.com. Retrieved August 18, 2015. "Light Lollution Map". lightpollutionmap.info...
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    Integrated subway and light rail networks are found in Los Angeles (Los Angeles Metro Rail) and San Francisco (Muni Metro). Light rail systems are also...
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    Mountain State Park. The Luiseño name for Palomar Mountain was Paauw and High Point was called Wikyo. The Spanish name Palomar, meaning "pigeon roost" or “place...
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    geological values." State Beaches in California Corona del Mar El Capitán Montara State Historic Parks consists of 47 specially-designated historic sites...
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    Montara Mountain, positioned between the unincorporated community of Montara, California, to the southwest and the city of Pacifica, California, to the...
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    Point Lovers Point Montara and Pillar Point Moro Cojo Slough Morro Bay Natural Bridges Piedras Blancas Point Arena Point Buchon Point Cabrillo Point Dume...
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    In May 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt camped with Muir near Glacier Point for three days. On that trip, Muir convinced Roosevelt to take control of...
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    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...
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    were built high so the light could be seen by ships far out to sea, the Point Reyes lighthouse was built low to get the light below the fog that is so...
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  • Ballast Point Light was moved in 1960 to the bell tower which had served as a fog signal building as the 1890 tower had been declared unsafe. The light shone...
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    Fort Point, known historically as the Castillo de San Joaquín (Spanish for "Saint Joachim's Castle") is a masonry seacoast fortification located on the...
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    more of the forest's dim light. The tanoak has a unique internal leaf structure that enables it to make effective use of the light that filters through the...
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    Meadows Estero Bay Hatton Canyon Indio Hills Palms Point Cabrillo Light Ishxenta State Park Point Montara Light Reynolds Wayside Campground San Timoteo Canyon...
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  • Meadows Estero Bay Hatton Canyon Indio Hills Palms Point Cabrillo Light Ishxenta State Park Point Montara Light Reynolds Wayside Campground San Timoteo Canyon...
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    Meadows Estero Bay Hatton Canyon Indio Hills Palms Point Cabrillo Light Ishxenta State Park Point Montara Light Reynolds Wayside Campground San Timoteo Canyon...
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    vertical relief of nearly 13,000 feet (4,000 m), the park contains the highest point in the contiguous United States, Mount Whitney, at 14,505 feet (4,421 m)...
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    Point Lovers Point Montara and Pillar Point Moro Cojo Slough Morro Bay Natural Bridges Piedras Blancas Point Arena Point Buchon Point Cabrillo Point Dume...
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    Meadows Estero Bay Hatton Canyon Indio Hills Palms Point Cabrillo Light Ishxenta State Park Point Montara Light Reynolds Wayside Campground San Timoteo Canyon...
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    6, 2022). "Finally complete, the Watts Towers' restoration is a turning point for public art in Los Angeles". Archinect. Archived from the original on...
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    into six units that were sixteen long by twenty feet wide, and a single light bulb hung from the ceiling. They had an oil stove for heat as well as two...
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