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Place Name
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Golden Gate
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Place Status (Type)
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national park
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Location
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San Mateo County, California (CA), United States, North America
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Latitude
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unknown
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Longitude
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unknown
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Golden Gate
, National Recreation Area, San Francisco, San
Mateo, and Marin cos., W Calif. Covers 73,122 acres/29,592
ha; beaches, forests, and marshes along coastal margins of city of San
Francisco and Marin Peninsula, W of Golden Gate Bridge and
Alcatraz Isl. (historical prison, in San Francisco Bay).
Includes mt. sect. beside (SW of) San Andreas Fault, SE of Pacifica,
San Mateo co. Presidio of San Francisco added 1994. Includes former
military bases of Fort Cronkhite, Fort Barry, and Fort Baker, also
former James D. Phelan State Beach, San Francisco. One of the first 2
natl. urban recreation areas (also Gateway Natl. Recreation Area, New
York City). Authorized 1972.
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