Mori Point

Mori Point
Mori Point is a prominent bluff extending into the Pacific Ocean, seen from a viewpoint looking south from Pacifica Beach.
Mori Point is a prominent bluff extending into the Pacific Ocean, seen from a viewpoint looking south from Pacifica Beach.
Mori Point is located in San Francisco
Mori Point
Mori Point
Mori Point is located in California
Mori Point
Mori Point
Mori Point is located in the United States
Mori Point
Mori Point
Nearest cityPacifica
Coordinates37°37′13″N 122°29′54″W / 37.62028°N 122.49833°W / 37.62028; -122.49833
Area110 acres (45 ha)
Created2002
Operated byNational Park Service
Public transit accesssamTrans, 110 or 112
Websitewww.nps.gov/goga/learn/nature/mori-point-restoration.htm

Mori Point is a 110-acre (0.4 km2) park located in Pacifica, California, that is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Mori Point itself is a bluff next to the Pacific Ocean that provides scenic views of the peninsula coastline. In addition to the bluff and ridge, Mori Point contains a few small ponds and wetlands. Trails, many newly built, connect the ridgeline to the entrances to the park and to Sharp Park beach. A portion of the California Coastal Trail will run through Mori Point.

The ponds and wetlands of Mori Point serve as habitat for the threatened California red-legged frog and the endangered San Francisco garter snake.[1] Mori Point also has northern coastal scrub and California coastal prairie habitat in upland areas, and is well known for its spring wildflower displays.[2]

The park is bounded by Laguna Salada Marsh and Sharp Park Municipal Golf Course to the north; by Highway 1 and Sweeney Ridge to the east; and by the Calera Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant to the south.[3]

  1. ^ "San Francisco Garter Snake". Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy. 2016. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  2. ^ Rademacher, Dan (April–June 2009). "Mori's Story: Creating Habitat and Community in Pacifica". Bay Nature. Retrieved 10 January 2017.
  3. ^ Postel, Mitchell P. (2010). "Part IV: Mori Point" (PDF). Historic Resource Study for Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Mateo County (Report). National Park Service. p. 199. Retrieved 10 January 2017.