Optional Pre- and Post-Workshop Field Trips

Optional Pre-workshop Field Trip: Pacific Coast South of San Francisco and San Francisco South Bay

Monday, June 17th, 8 am to 8 pm

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Pescadero Marsh -- California

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• 8 am -- pick up in front of Chinatown Center (CCSF) - 808 Kearny
• 8-8:30 am - Drive to Great Highway & Sloat (Ocean Beach)
• 8:30-9:15 am - Ocean Beach - dune formation and migration, coastal erosion, control structures
• 9:15-9:30 am - Drive to Mussel Rock
• 9:30-11 am - Mussel Rock - San Andreas Fault and coastal erosion
• 11 to 11:15 am- Drive to Gray Whale Cove Beach
• 11:15-12:15 pm - Gray Whale Cove Beach - sand formation and Montara Granite
• 12:15-12:30 - Drive to Pillar Point
• 12:30-1:30 pm - Pillar Point - LUNCH + HMB breakwater and reef
• 1:30-2:30 pm - Drive to South Bay Salt Ponds
• 2:30-3 pm - South Bay Salt Ponds -- development and reclamation
• 3-3:15 pm - Drive to Marine Science Institute
• 3:15-5:30 pm - Marine Science Institute - South Bay Educational/Research-Vessel Cruise
• 5:30-5:45 pm - Drive to restaurants
• 5:45-7 pm - Dinner (on own dime)
• 7-8 pm - Drive back to 808 Kearny

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Route and stops for the June 17th field trip

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Optional Post-workshop Field Trip: San Francisco and Marin Headlands

Friday June 21, 8 am to 5:30 pm

(Rodeo Beach Tides: High 11:17 AM 4.7 | Low 3:49 PM 2.3. Lunch provided.)

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Sunset Ocean Beach -- San Francisco

Provenance: Katryn Wiese, City College of San Francisco
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• 8 am - pick up in front of Chinatown Center (CCSF) - 808 Kearny
• 8-8:30 am - Drive to Rodeo Beach
• 8:30-9:50 am - Rodeo Beach & Lagoon -1-mile lagoon and beach trail/walk (roundtrip) - wetland ecology, coastal erosion, landslides, sand formation
• 9:50-10 am - Drive to Pt. Bonita Lighthouse
• 10-11:30 am - Pt. Bonita Lighthouse - 1-mile round trip trail - pillow basalts, maritime history, offshore bathymetry
• 11:30-11:40 am - Drive to Rodeo Beach Quarry
• 11:40 am - 12:10 pm - Chert Quarry
• 12:10-12:15 pm - Drive to Rodeo Beach
• 12:15-12:45 pm - LUNCH Rodeo Beach
• 12:45-1 pm - Drive to Battery Godfrey
• 1-1:55 pm - Battery Godfrey + Coastal Trail (Golden Gate Bridge) - 0.5-mile walk -- serpentinite, tidal currents, and maritime history
• 1:55-2:05 pm - Drive to Ft. Point
• 2:05-2:35 - Ft. Point - Golden Gate Bridge History - serpentinite - tidal currents
• 2:35-2:45 pm - Drive to Baker Beach
• 2:45-3:30 pm - Baker Beach -- sand migration, Pleistocene sand dunes, terranes
• 3:30-3:45 pm - Drive to Lands End
• 3:45-5 pm - Sutro Baths + Coastal Erosion + Terraces (~1.5 to 2 mile loop trail)
• 5-5:30 pm - Drive back to 808 Kearny

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Route and stops for the June 17th field trip

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