Baker Beach - San Francisco, CA
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saopaulo1
N 37° 47.595 W 122° 29.009
10S E 545476 N 4183001
Baker Beach at the Golden Gate National Recreational Area.
Waymark Code: WM65DQ
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 04/06/2009
Views: 14
"Baker Beach is a national public beach on the Pacific Ocean coast, on the San Francisco peninsula. It is roughly a half mile long, beginning just south of Golden Gate Point (where the Golden Gate Bridge connects to the San Francisco Peninsula), extending southward toward the Seacliff peninsula and the Palace of the Legion of Honor and the Sutro Baths.
Baker Beach is part of the Presidio, which was a military base from the founding of San Francisco by the Spanish in 1776 until 1997. When the Presidio was decommissioned as a U.S. Army base, it became part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, which is administered by the National Park Service. Baker Beach is the site of one of the few existing colonies where Hesperolinon congestum, (the Marin Dwarf Flax, a threatened plant), can be found.
Baker Beach was the original site of the Burning Man art festival. Its north end (nearest the Golden Gate Bridge).
A shark attack occurred on Baker Beach on May 7, 1959[1] when 18-year old Albert Kogler Jr. was attacked by a Great White Shark while he was fifteen feet deep in water. [2] This was the only shark attack recorded on Baker Beach. Also, some parts of this beach allow nude tanning."
Type of beach: Natural
Location of beach: Seashore
Beach surface type: Fine sand
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