Editing Pacifica, California (section)

==Overview==
The City of Pacifica is spread along a {{convert|6|mi|km|sp=us|adj=mid|abbr=off}} stretch of sandy coastal beaches and hills in north central California. The city comprises several small valleys spread between [[Sweeney Ridge]] in the east, [[Montara Mountain]] to the south, and the [[Pacific Ocean]]'s rocky bluffs to the west.
[[File:Sunset Surfer in pacifica california.jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Surfing at [[Pacifica State Beach]]|left]]

Pacifica is well known regionally as a popular [[surfing]] destination. Surfers and families often visit [[Pacifica State Beach]], also known as Linda Mar Beach. [[Rockaway Beach, California|Rockaway Beach]] is a scenic location and offers recreation, shopping and dining. Pacifica is also a popular place to hike, with many trails that wind along the beaches and bluffs, including [[Mori Point]], [[San Pedro Valley County Park]], [[Frontierland Park]], the [[Sanchez Adobe]], [[Milagra Ridge]], and the privately owned [[Rockaway Quarry]], and a popular [[mountain biking]] destination, with many trails crossing the hillsides that surround the city, including [[Pedro Mountain Road]], [[Sweeney Ridge]], and areas of the [[Golden Gate National Recreation Area]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Pacifica Mountain Biking |url=http://www.pacifica.ca.us/RECREATION/mtn.html |website=Pacifica |access-date=August 2, 2023 |archive-date=October 15, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061015080530/http://www.pacifica.ca.us/RECREATION/mtn.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> Fishermen frequent the local beaches and the [[Pacifica Pier]], often catching [[bass (fish)|striped bass]] and [[salmon]]. 2005 marked the opening of the top-ranked [[Pacifica Skatepark]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.mercurynews.com/2010/11/23/pacificas-skatepark-turns-5-years-old/ |title=Pacifica's Skatepark turns 5 years old |newspaper=Pacifica Tribune |via=''San Jose Mercury News'' |orig-date=November 23, 2010 |date=August 13, 2016 |access-date=April 7, 2025 }}</ref> Pacifica is also home to the [[Sharp Park Golf Course]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wildequity.org/sections/5|title=Wild Equity Institute - Restore Sharp Park|website=Wildequity.org|date=November 30, 2015 |access-date=March 19, 2017}}</ref> which was designed in 1931 by architect [[Alister MacKenzie]]. 

For live local theater and performing arts, Pacifica Spindrift Players is a local favorite, in addition to Pacifica Performances, which provides performing arts including musical presentations.<ref>{{cite web |title=Pacifica Spindrift Players |url=http://www.pacificaspindriftplayers.org/ |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Pacifica Performances |url=http://www.pacificaperformances.org/ |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> The world class [[bromeliad]] nursery Shelldance Orchid Gardens, is located just off [[California State Route 1|Highway 1]] in Pacifica, adjacent to the Sweeney Ridge hiking trailhead.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://shelldance.com |title=Shelldance Gardens |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> The [[Taco Bell Cantina]] at Pacifica, a 1960 building that is one of the few restaurants remaining on the west side of [[California State Route 1|Highway 1]], has a reputation as the most beautiful in the world.<ref>{{cite news |first=Mario |last=Cortez |url=https://www.sfchronicle.com/food/restaurants/article/pacifica-taco-bell-20246768.php |title='World's most beautiful' Taco Bell reopens after remodel. Here's a look |newspaper=San Francisco Chronicle |date=April 3, 2025 |access-date=April 7, 2025 }}</ref>

Pacifica is divided into roughly eleven districts from north to south:

#Fairmont
#Westview (Pacific Highlands)
#Pacific Manor (Manor)<ref>{{cite web |title=Pacific Manor, Pacifica |url=http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=200505972&mode=sequential |website=California Coastal Records Project |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref>
#Edgemar
#Sharp Park<ref>{{cite web |title=Sharp Park, Pacifica |url=http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=200505995&mode=sequential |website=California Coastal Records Project |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> 
#Fairway Park<ref>{{cite web |title=Fairway Park, Pacifica |url=http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=200506010&mode=sequential |website=California Coastal Records Project |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> 
#Vallemar
# [[Rockaway Beach, California|Rockaway Beach]]
#Pedro Point and [[Shelter Cove, Pacifica|Shelter Cove]] in the south west<ref>{{cite web |title=Pedro Point, Pacifica |url=http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=200506051&mode=sequential |website=California Coastal Records Project |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Shelter Cove, Pacifica |url=http://www.californiacoastline.org/cgi-bin/image.cgi?image=200506056&mode=sequential |website=California Coastal Records Project |access-date=August 2, 2023}}</ref> 
#Linda Mar, Linda Mar Valley, (formerly Pedro Valley or San Pedro Valley) in the south.
#Park Pacifica in south east portions of the city (called the Back of the Valley).
#Terra Nova High School