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Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
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Coast Ranges
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San Francisco
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CA
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Candlestick Point State Recreation Area (or simply Candlestick Point) is a state park unit of California, USA, providing an urban protected area on San Francisco Bay. The park is located at the southeastern tip of San Francisco immediately south of Hunters Point and 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Sierra Point in Brisbane. This 170-acre (69 ha) landfilled area was intended to be used during World War II as a shipyard by the United States Navy. However it was abandoned as the war ended. Without government controls, the area was used by nearby residences as a garbage dump. In 1973 the California State Legislature purchased the land with $10 million and in 1977 voted to turn this area into a state recreation area. After the designation Candlestick became the first urban recreation area in the…
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Recreation Overview
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Group Picnic Sites
(4)
FEATURED
Jackrabbit Group Picnic Area
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Trails
(3)
FEATURED
Old Pier Trail
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Picnic Areas
(1)
FEATURED
Lastport Picnic Area
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Fishing Piers
(1)
FEATURED
Candlestick Point Fishing Pier
Plants
Crowndaisy
Glebionis coronaria (species),
“Garland Chrysanthemum”, “Chrysanthemum Greens”, “Edible Chrysanthemum”
9
Observations
JAN - DEC
Southern Rockbell
Wahlenbergia marginata (species)
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Buckeye
Aesculus californica (species)
7
Observations
JAN - DEC
Quercus auzandrii
SPECIES
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
Fennel
Foeniculum vulgare (species),
“Sweet Fennel”
6
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Animals
California Ground Squirrel
Otospermophilus beecheyi (species)
15
Observations
JAN - DEC
Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis (species),
“Blue-Belly”
10
Observations
JAN - DEC
Black-Tailed Jackrabbit
Lepus californicus (species)
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Pseudacris sierra
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Coyote
Canis latrans (species),
“Prairie Wolf”, “American Jackal”, “Brush Wolf”
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Birds
Western Gull
Larus occidentalis (species)
1,143
Observations
JAN - DEC
House Finch
Haemorhous mexicanus (species),
“Mexican House Finch”
1,044
Observations
JAN - DEC
California Towhee
Melozone crissalis (species),
“Pipilo Crissalis”
1,029
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Raven
Corvus corax (species),
“Raven”, “Northern Raven”
1,007
Observations
JAN - DEC
Common Starling
Sturnus vulgaris (species),
“Starling”, “European Starling”
814
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Small Cabbage White
Pieris rapae (species),
“Small White”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Chrysolina bankii
SPECIES
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Rhopalomyia californica
SPECIES ·
“Coyote Brush Bud Gall Midge”
4
Observations
JAN - DEC
Coenonympha california
SPECIES
3
Observations
JAN - DEC
Closterotomus tunetanus
SPECIES
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
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Fungi
Xanthoria parietina
SPECIES ·
“Orange Wall Lichen”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Niebla cephalota
SPECIES ·
“Northern Seafog”, “Powdery Fog Lichen”
2
Observations
JAN - DEC
Tubaria furfuracea
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Pseudopithyella minuscula
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
Helvella dryophila
SPECIES
1
Observation
JAN - DEC
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Taxonomy
Region
49
Protected Area
33
State Park
1
Classified As
State Park
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Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
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