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Sonoma Coast. Sonoma Coast State Marine Conservation Area is a protected area along the coast of northern California, part of the North Central Coast Study Region. It is bounded by the mean high tide line, the 3-fathom depth contour, and several points along 3 miles (4.8 km) of coast between Mussel Point and Schoolhouse Beach in Sonoma County.
Soquel Demonstration Forest is situated in the Santa Cruz Mountains along California's central coast. Originally part of a Mexican "augmentation" land grant added to Rancho Soquel in 1844, the property was logged by several different owners before the State took ownership in 1988. Today, the Forest allows the public to access the coastal ...
A Houston, Texas, family bought the San Geronimo Ocean View Ranch in Cayucos, a property spanning 964 acres of rolling grass-covered hills off Highway 1, for $5.9 million, according to a ...
Jackson Demonstration State Forest is a public forest in Mendocino County, California managed by the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. It is the largest demonstration forest operated by the State of California. The forest land is located along California State Highway 20 between Willits and the coastal city of Fort Bragg.
Egg (Devil's Slide) Rock to Devil's Slide Special Closure, San Mateo County. Redwood Shores State Marine Park, San Mateo County. Bair Island State Marine Park, San Mateo County. Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area, Santa Cruz County. Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area, Santa Cruz County.
List of ranchos of California. These California land grants were made by Spanish (1784–1821) and Mexican (1822–1846) authorities of Las Californias and Alta California to private individuals before California became part of the United States of America. [1] Under Spain, no private land ownership was allowed, so the grants were more akin to ...
The California Coastal Records Project, founded in 2002, [1] documents the California coastline with aerial photos taken from a helicopter flying parallel to the shore. Their webpage provides access to these images. One photo was taken every 500 feet. [2] [3] Each photo showed a few hundred yards of the coastline, with frames overlapping. [4]
Rancho San Julian was a 48,222-acre (195.15 km 2) Mexican land grant and present-day ranch in present-day Santa Barbara County, California given in 1837 by Governor Juan B. Alvarado to José de la Guerra y Noriega. [1] The grant name probably refers to José Antonio Julian de la Guerra. The grant was located west of present-day Santa Barbara.