7 April 2026 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Santana Row in San Jose © flickr.com – Payton Chung/cc-by-2.0
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The Santa Clara Valley (
Spanish : Valle de Santa Clara) is a
geologic trough in
Northern California that extends 90 miles (140 km) south–southeast from
San Francisco to
Hollister . The
longitudinal valley is bordered on the west by the
Santa Cruz Mountains and on the east by the
Diablo Range ; the two coastal ranges meet south of Hollister. The
San Francisco Bay borders the valley to the north, and fills much of the northern third of the valley. The valley floor is an
alluvial plain that formed in the
graben (tectonic depression) between the
San Andreas Fault to the west and the
Hayward and
Calaveras faults to the east. Within the valley and surrounding the bay on three sides are the urban communities of
San Mateo County ,
Santa Clara County , and
Alameda County , while the narrow southern reaches of the valley extend into rural
San Benito County to Hollister. In practical terms, the central portion of the Santa Clara Valley is often considered by itself, contained entirely within Santa Clara County.
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1 January 2020 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area
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Ritz-Carlton Hotel © Elisa.rolle/cc-by-sa-4.0
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Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in
San Mateo County ,
California ,
United States . Its population is at 11,000. Immediately at the north of Half Moon Bay is the
Pillar Point Harbor and the unincorporated community of
Princeton-by-the-Sea . The urban area has a population of 21,000. Half Moon Bay is located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of
San Francisco , 10 miles (16 km) west of
San Mateo , and 45 miles (72 km) north of
Santa Cruz . Neighboring towns include
El Granada ,
Princeton-by-the-Sea ,
Moss Beach , and
Montara to the north and
Purissima ,
San Gregorio , and
Pescadero to the south.
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20 May 2019 | Author/Destination: North America / Nordamerika | Category: General , San Francisco Bay Area , UNESCO World Heritage
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Map of Golden Gate National Recreation Area © nps.gov
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The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (
GGNRA ) is a
U.S. National Recreation Area protecting 82,027 acres (33,195 ha) of ecologically and historically significant landscapes surrounding the
San Francisco Bay Area . Much of the park is land formerly used by the
United States Army . GGNRA is managed by the
National Park Service and is one of the most visited units of the National Park system in the United States, with more than 15 million visitors a year. It is also one of the largest urban parks in the world, with a size two-and-a-half times that of the consolidated city and county of
San Francisco .
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