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==Geography== According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|741|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|448|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|293|sqmi}} (40%) is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=http://www2.census.gov/geo/docs/maps-data/data/gazetteer/counties_list_06.txt|publisher=United States Census Bureau|access-date=October 4, 2015|date=August 22, 2012|title=2010 Census Gazetteer Files}}</ref> It is the third-smallest county in California by land area. A number of bayside watercourses drain the eastern part of the county including [[San Bruno Creek]] and [[Colma Creek]]. Streams draining the western county include [[Frenchmans Creek, California|Frenchmans Creek]], [[Pilarcitos Creek]], [[Naples Creek]], [[Arroyo de en Medio]], and [[Denniston Creek]]. These streams originate along the northern spur of the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]] that run through the county. The northern and eastern parts of the county are very heavy densely populated with largely urban and suburban areas, with many of its cities as edge-cities for the Bay Area, while the deep south and the west-central parts of the county are less densely populated with more rural environment and coastal beaches areas. [[File:Portola Redwoods State Park in March 2020.jpg|thumb|left|The Santa Cruz Mountains cross through San Mateo County. In comparison to the rest of the county, the area is quite rural and forested.]] ===Features=== San Mateo County straddles the [[San Francisco Peninsula]], with the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]] running its entire length. The county encompasses a variety of habitats, including [[estuarine]], marine, oak woodland, redwood forest, coastal scrub and oak savannah. There are numerous species of [[wildlife]] present, especially along the [[San Francisco Bay]] estuarine shoreline, [[San Bruno Mountain]], [[Fitzgerald Marine Reserve]] and the forests on the Montara Mountain block. Several creeks discharge to the San Francisco Bay, including [[San Mateo Creek (San Francisco Bay Area)|San Mateo Creek]] and Laurel Creek, and several coastal streams discharge to the [[Pacific Ocean]], such as [[Frenchmans Creek (California)|Frenchmans Creek]] and [[San Vicente Creek (San Mateo County)|San Vicente Creek]]. [[Año Nuevo State Marine Conservation Area]] and [[Greyhound Rock State Marine Conservation Area]] are two adjoining [[marine protected area]]s off the coast of San Mateo County. Like underwater parks, these marine protected areas help conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems. ===Flora and fauna=== The county is home to several [[endangered species]] including the [[San Francisco garter snake]] and the [[San Bruno elfin butterfly]], both of which are endemic to San Mateo County. The endangered [[Ridgway's Rail]] is also found on the shores of San Francisco Bay, in the cities of [[Belmont, California|Belmont]] and [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]]. The endangered wildflower [[Hickman's potentilla]] is found near the Pacific Ocean on the lower slopes of [[Montara Mountain]]. The endangered wildflowers [[White-rayed pentachaeta]], ''[[Pentachaeta bellidiflora]]'', [[San Mateo Woolly Sunflower]], ''[[Eriophyllum latilobum]]'', [[Marin Dwarf Flax]], ''[[Hesperolinon congestum]]'' and the [[San Mateo Thornmint]], ''[[Acanthomintha duttonii]]'', are found in the vicinity of the [[Crystal Springs Reservoir]]. In May 2014, a [[California condor]] was spotted near [[Pescadero, California|Pescadero]], a coastal community south of San Francisco<ref name=Timesherald_1>{{cite web| author=P. Rogers| date=June 14, 2014| title=First California condor spotted in San Mateo County since 1904| url=http://www.timesheraldonline.com/breaking_news/ci_25964337/first-california-condor-spotted-san-mateo-county-since| publisher=[[Vallejo Times Herald]]| access-date=August 28, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903042237/http://www.timesheraldonline.com/breaking_news/ci_25964337/first-california-condor-spotted-san-mateo-county-since| archive-date=September 3, 2014| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref>—it was the first California condor spotted in San Mateo County since 1904.<ref name=Timesherald_1/> The condor, tagged with the number "597", and also known as "Lupine", is one of 439 condors living in the wild or captivity in California, Baja California and Arizona.<ref name=Timesherald_1/><ref>{{cite web| title=California Condor Recovery Program (monthly status report)| date=June 30, 2014| url=https://www.nps.gov/pinn/naturescience/upload/Condor-Program-Monthly-Status-Report-2014-6-30-One-Page.pdf| publisher=National Park Service| access-date=August 31, 2014}}</ref> The three-year-old female flew more than {{convert|100|mi|km}} north from [[Pinnacles National Park]], in San Benito County, on May 30, and landed on a private, forested property near Pescadero, on the San Mateo County Coast, where it was photographed by a motion-activated wildlife camera.<ref name=Timesherald_1/> Harold Heath, professor emeritus, of [[Stanford University]] was responsible for the 1904 sighting, {{convert|1|mi|km}} west of the university campus.<ref name=Timesherald_1/><ref>{{cite web| title=Memorial Resolution Harold Heath (1868 – 1951)| year=1951| url=http://historicalsociety.stanford.edu/pdfmem/HeathH.pdf| publisher=Historical Society Stanford| access-date=August 30, 2014| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903203733/http://historicalsociety.stanford.edu/pdfmem/HeathH.pdf| archive-date=September 3, 2014| url-status=dead| df=dmy-all}}</ref> [[Puma concolor|Pumas]] (''Puma concolor''), also known as cougars or mountain lions, roam the county.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://abc7news.com/5540036/|title=Mountain lion dies after being hit by car on Highway 280 in San Mateo County|date=September 15, 2019|work=ABC7 San Francisco|language=en|access-date=September 16, 2019}}</ref> [[Tule elk]] (''Cervus canadensis nannodes'') were native to San Mateo County and among the "favored foods" of the [[Ohlone people]] based on ethnohistoric and archeological evidence there.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Contributions to the Archaeology of San Mateo County. I: Introduction, Prior Archaeological Work in the San Francisco Bay Region |author1=Michael J. Moratto |author2=Balbir Singh |year=1971 |journal=San Francisco State College Treganza Anthropology Museum Papers |volume=8 |pages=1–8 |url=https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/6803254 |access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref> The discovery of two elk specimens made news in 1962, one a royal elk (royal elk bulls have six [[tine (structural)|tines]] per antler) from a peat bog excavated in Pacifica's historic Laguna Alta, and now in the [[Museum of Vertebrate Zoology]] collection.<ref>{{cite web |title=Royal Elk Fossil Found in San Mateo County, May 1962 |author=Norton Pearl |publisher=San Mateo County Historical Association |date=May 1, 1962 |url=https://historysmc.pastperfectonline.com/photo/D86EC528-CB09-47F0-9F91-747594556178 |access-date=March 24, 2020 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Mammal Collection, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology at Berkeley |url=http://arctos.database.museum/SpecimenResults.cfm |access-date=March 24, 2020}}</ref> These may date from the time of Spanish settlement.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Deposit on the San Francisco Peninsula |author=Dale R. McCullough |journal=Journal of Mammalogy |volume=46 |number=2 |date=May 1, 1965 |pages=347–348 |doi=10.2307/1377873 |jstor=1377873 |url=https://academic.oup.com/jmammal/article-abstract/46/2/347/853423 |access-date=March 24, 2020 }}</ref> Laguna Alta lay just south of the Interstate 280 and Skyline Boulevard intersection, east of Mussel Rock.<ref>{{cite web |title=Creek & Watershed Map of Daly City and Vicinity |author1=Robert W. Givler |author2=Janet M. Sowers |publisher=Oakland Museum |year=2007 |url=http://explore.museumca.org/creeks/WholeMaps/11_Daly%20City%20Creek%20Map.pdf}}</ref> The [[California Academy of Sciences]] also has an elk skull fragment collected one mile inland from the mouth of [[Purisima Creek (San Mateo County)|Purisima Creek]] in 1951.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cervus elaphus nannodes |url=http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/bmammals/MamColl/index.asp?xAction=getrec&close=true&CollectionObjectID=148981 |access-date=April 7, 2020 }}</ref> Additional coastal elk remains dating from the Middle and Late Periods in Northern California were found in at least five more late [[Holocene]] archeological sites in San Mateo County: SMA-115 ([[Montara State Beach]] site), SMA-118 ([[Bean Hollow State Beach]] site), SMA-244 ([[Butano State Park|Butano Ridge]] site), SMA-97 ([[Año Nuevo State Park|Año Nuevo]] Creek site) and SMA-218 (Año Nuevo State Reserve site).<ref>{{cite thesis |title=Prehistoric native American adaptations along the central California coast of San Mateo and Santa Cruz counties |author=Mark Gerald Hylkema |date=1991 |publisher=San Jose State University |url=https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_theses/131/ |access-date=March 24, 2020 }}</ref> On the eastern side of the [[San Francisco Peninsula]], elk remains were also unearthed at multiple archaeological sites along [[San Francisquito Creek]].<ref>{{cite journal |title=Sites and Site Clusters: Middle Period Archaeology of the San Francisquito Drainage |author=Barbara Bocek |year=1988 |journal=Society of California Archaeology Proceedings |volume=1 |pages=299–309 |url=https://scahome.org/download/proceedings/Proceedings.01Bocek.pdf |access-date=March 25, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Subsistence, Settlement and Tribelet Territories on the Eastern San Francisco Peninsula |author=Barbara Bocek |year=1992 |journal=Society of California Archaeology Proceedings |volume=5 |pages=269–297 |url=https://scahome.org/publications/proceedings/Proceedings.05Bocek.pdf |access-date=March 25, 2020 }}</ref> ===National protected areas=== * [[Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge]] (part) * [[Golden Gate National Recreation Area]] (part) ===Marine protected area=== * [[Montara State Marine Reserve & Pillar Point State Marine Conservation Area]] ===County parks=== {{OSM Location map |coord={{Coord|37.443|-122.322}} |float=right |zoom=10 |width=320 |height=480 |scalemark=20 |shape1=n-circle |shape-color1=#282 |shape-outline1=#fff |mark-size1=20 |mark-coord1 ={{Coord|37.589283|-122.321727}} |mark-title1 =Coyote Point Park |mark-coord2 ={{Coord|37.531397|-122.363195}} |shape-color2=#f22 |shape2=n-square |mark-title2 =Sawyer Camp Trail |mark-coord3 ={{Coord|37.579779|-122.516642}} |shape-color3=#f22 |shape3=n-square |mark-title3 =Devil's Slide Trail |mark-coord4 ={{Coord|37.466367|-122.282583}} |mark-title4 =Edgewood County Park |mark-coord5 ={{Coord|37.523870|-122.517714}} |mark-size5=10 |mark-title5 =Fitzgerald Marine Reserve |mark-coord6 ={{Coord|37.474669|-122.171258}} |mark-title6 =Flood Park |mark-coord7 ={{Coord|37.474146|-122.209462}} |mark-title7 =Friendship Park |mark-coord8 ={{Coord|37.439512|-122.293620}} |mark-title8 =Huddart Park |mark-coord9 ={{Coord|37.609210|-122.423396}} |mark-title9 =Junipero Serra Park |mark-coord10={{Coord|37.276521|-122.295081}} |mark-title10=Memorial Park |mark-coord11={{Coord|37.497631|-122.463093}} |mark-size11=15 |mark-title11=Mirada Surf |mark-coord12={{Coord|37.527858|-122.511880}} |mark-size12=10 |mark-title12=Moss Beach |mark-coord13={{Coord|37.259952|-122.249749}} |mark-title13=Pescadero Creek |mark-coord14={{Coord|37.511469|-122.505523}} |mark-title14=Pillar Point |mark-coord15={{Coord|37.505069|-122.458081}} |mark-size15=15 |mark-title15=Quarry Park |mark-coord16={{Coord|37.299773|-122.269056}} |mark-title16=Sam McDonald |mark-coord17={{Coord|37.692082|-122.435486}} |mark-title17=San Bruno Mountain |mark-coord18={{Coord|37.576596|-122.477799}} |mark-title18=San Pedro Valley |mark-coord19={{Coord|37.587089|-122.494079}} |shape-color19=#22f |shape19=n-cross |mark-size19=15 |mark-title19=Sanchez Adobe |mark-coord20={{Coord|37.357918|-122.399930}} |mark-title20=Tunitas Creek Beach |mark-coord21={{Coord|37.430355|-122.277195}} |shape-color21=#22f |shape21=n-cross |mark-size21=15 |mark-title21=Woodside Store |mark-coord22={{Coord|37.405998|-122.264421}} |mark-title22=Wunderlich |fullscreen-option=1 |caption=San Mateo County Parks <small>{{flatlist| * {{color box|#282|Parks and open spaces|#fff|border=silver}} * {{color box|#f22|Trails|#fff|border=silver}} * {{color box|#22f|Historic sites|border=silver}} }}</small> }} The County of San Mateo Parks Department operates 22 parks, trails, and historic sites spread throughout the county; the first, [[Memorial Park (San Mateo County, California)|Memorial Park]], was dedicated on July 4, 1924.<ref name=Svanevik-Burgett/>{{rp|12}} The County Superintendent of Schools, Roy Cloud, had visited a one-room schoolhouse in Harrison Canyon as part of his duties; at the time, it was thickly forested with old-growth redwoods and he was alarmed when he learned they were scheduled to be logged. He petitioned the County Board of Supervisors to purchase the land instead.<ref name=Svanevik-Burgett/>{{rp|9–11}} The Recreation Commission was not created until 1932, and the park was improved as part of the [[Works Progress Administration]] efforts starting in 1935.<ref name=Svanevik-Burgett/>{{rp|15}} {|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%;text-align:center;" |+San Mateo County Parks<ref name=Svanevik-Burgett>{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/sanmateocountypa00svan/ |url-access=registration |title=San Mateo County Parks: A remarkable story of extraordinary places and the people who built them |author1=Svanevik, Michael |author2=Burgett, Shirley |date=2001 |publisher=San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Foundation |location=San Mateo County, California |isbn=1-881529-67-3 |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/sites/parks.smcgov.org/files/documents/files/SMCParksGeneralBrochure-Nov2018-FINAL-web-formatted.pdf |title=San Mateo County Parks |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! No. !! Name !! class="unsortable" | Image !! Est. !! Size !! City !! class="unsortable" | Ref. |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 1 ! Coyote Point<small>{{flatlist| *Marina *[[Coyote Point Park|Recreation Area]]}}</small> | [[File:Zeppelin-ride-020100925-130 (5028699547).jpg|100px]] | 1963 || {{convert|149|+|538|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}}{{efn|149 acres of land, 538 acres underwater}} | [[San Mateo, California|San Mateo]]/[[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]] | <ref name="Coyote Point Recreation Area">{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/coyote-point-recreation-area |title=Coyote Point Recreation Area |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Coyote Point Marina">{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/coyote-point-marina |title=Coyote Point Marina |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#f22;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 2 ! [[Crystal Springs Regional Trail|Crystal Springs]]<small>{{flatlist| *[[San Andreas Trail|San Andreas]] *[[Sawyer Camp Trail|Sawyer Camp]] *[[Crystal Springs Trail|Crystal Springs]]}}</small> | [[File:Lake San Andreas - Sawyer Camp Trail (15916868610).jpg|100px]] | || {{convert|17.5|mi|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Burlingame, California|Burlingame]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/crystal-springs-regional-trail |title=Crystal Springs Regional Trail |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#f22;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 3 ! [[Devil's Slide Trail|Devil's Slide]] | [[File:Devil's Slide Trail, which used to be an unstable part of California Highway 1 until they built bypass tunnels and turned it into a nature reserve. (26033922316).jpg|100px]] | || {{convert|1.3|mi|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Pacifica, California|Pacifica]]/[[Montara, California|Montara]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/devils-slide-trail |title=Devil's Slide Trail |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 4 ! [[Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve|Edgewood]] | [[File:Monday Night Birding (14177890134).jpg|100px]] | 1980 || {{convert|467|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/edgewood-park-natural-preserve |title=Edgewood Park & Natural Preserve |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 5 ! [[Fitzgerald Marine Reserve|Fitzgerald]]{{efn|Wholly contained within the [[Montara State Marine Reserve]]}} | [[File:JV Fitzgerald Marine Reserve 04 (11013086134).jpg|100px]] | 1969 || | [[Moss Beach, California|Moss Beach]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/fitzgerald-marine-reserve |title=Fitzgerald Marine Reserve |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref><ref name="Coyote Point Marina"/> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 6 ! [[Flood Park|Flood]] | | || {{convert|21|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Menlo Park, California|Menlo Park]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/flood-park |title=Flood Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 7 ! [[Friendship Park (San Mateo County, California)|Friendship]] | | || <{{convert|1|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Redwood City, California|Redwood City]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/friendship-park |title=Friendship Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 8 ! [[Huddart Park|Huddart]] | [[File:Huddart park to Crystal Spring trail (2).jpg|100px]] | 1948 || {{convert|974|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Woodside, California|Woodside]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/huddart-park |title=Huddart Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 9 ! [[Junipero Serra County Park|Junipero Serra]] | [[File:Junipero Serra County Park 01 (7387783278).jpg|100px]] | 1960 || {{convert|103|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[San Bruno, California|San Bruno]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/junipero-serra-park |title=Junipero Serra Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 10 ! [[Memorial Park (San Mateo County, California)|Memorial]] | [[File:Huckleberry Flat picnic area (3172631077).jpg|100px]] | 1924 || {{convert|673|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Loma Mar, California|Loma Mar]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/memorial-park |title=Memorial Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 11 ! [[Mirada Surf]] | | || {{convert|15|+|34|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}}{{efn|Divided by [[California State Route 1|State Route 1]] into the 15-acre Mirada Surf West and 34-acre East.}} | [[El Granada, California|El Granada]] | <ref name="Coyote Point Recreation Area"/><ref name="Coyote Point Marina"/> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 12 ! [[Moss Beach Park|Moss Beach]] | | 2014 || {{convert|467|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Moss Beach, California|Moss Beach]] | <ref name="Coyote Point Recreation Area"/><ref name="Coyote Point Marina"/> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 13 ! [[Pescadero Creek County Park|Pescadero Creek]] | [[File:Entering the Park (5365626915).jpg|100px]] | 1968 || {{convert|8020|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Loma Mar, California|Loma Mar]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/pescadero-creek-park |title=Pescadero Creek Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 14 ! [[Pillar Point Bluff|Pillar Point]] | [[File:Great Blue Heron at Pillar Point Bluffs.jpg|100px]] | 2011|| {{convert|220|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Moss Beach, California|Moss Beach]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/pillar-point-bluff |title=Pillar Point Bluff |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 15 ! [[Quarry Park (San Mateo County, California)|Quarry]] | | || {{convert|517|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[El Granada, California|El Granada]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/quarry-park |title=Quarry Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 16 ! [[Sam McDonald County Park|Sam McDonald]] | [[File:Sam McDonald County Park (16121518351).jpg|100px]] | 1970 || {{convert|850|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Loma Mar, California|Loma Mar]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/sam-mcdonald-park |title=Sam McDonald Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 17 ! [[San Bruno Mountain State & County Park|San Bruno Mountain]] | [[File:Aerial view of San Bruno Mountain.jpg|100px]] | 1978 || {{convert|2416|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Brisbane, California|Brisbane]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/san-bruno-mountain-state-county-park |title=San Bruno Mountain State & County Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 18 ! [[San Pedro Valley County Park|San Pedro Valley]] | [[File:San Pedro Valley Park, Pacifica.jpg|100px]] | 1970s || {{convert|1052|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Pacifica, California|Pacifica]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/san-pedro-valley-park |title=San Pedro Valley Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#22f;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 19 ! [[Sanchez Adobe]] | [[File:Sánchez Adobe exterior 2.JPG|100px]] | 1953 || {{convert|5|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Pacifica, California|Pacifica]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/sanchez-adobe |title=Sanchez Adobe |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 20 ! [[Tunitas Creek Beach]] | [[File:Tuitas Beach and Ocean Shore Railroad.jpg|100px]] | || | [[Half Moon Bay, California|Half Moon Bay]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/tunitas-creek-beach |title=Tunitas Creek Beach |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#22f;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 21 ! [[Woodside Store]] | [[File:Woodside store.jpg|100px]] | 1940 || — | [[Woodside, California|Woodside]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/woodside-store |title=Woodside Store |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |- ! style="background:#282;color:#fff;font-size:150%;" | 22 ! [[Wunderlich County Park|Wunderlich]] | [[File:Meadow Trail Wunderlich Park.jpg|100px]] | 1974 || {{convert|942|acre|abbr=on|disp=br}} | [[Woodside, California|Woodside]] | <ref>{{cite web |url=https://parks.smcgov.org/wunderlich-park |title=Wunderlich Park |publisher=Parks Department, County of San Mateo |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> |} ;Notes {{notelist}} Prior to the rebuilding of the [[San Mateo Bridge]] that began in 1996, the county had also operated Werder Pier for fishermen; it had been the western segment of the original 1929 [[vertical-lift bridge]]. In addition to the county-operated parks, San Mateo County voters created the [[Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District]] in 1972, administered by the [[Peninsula Open Space Trust]], which owns several protected spaces within San Mateo County (as well as within Santa Clara and Santa Cruz counties). San Mateo County protected spaces administered by POST include:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.openspace.org/sites/default/files/district_map.pdf |title=Welcome to the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District |publisher=Peninsula Opens Space Trust |access-date=December 27, 2019}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Coal Creek Open Space Preserve * [[El Corte de Madera Creek]] * [[La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve]] * [[Long Ridge Open Space Preserve]] (partially within Santa Clara County) * [[Los Trancos Open Space Preserve]] (partially within Santa Clara County) * [[Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve]] * [[Purisima Creek Redwoods Open Space Preserve]] * Ravenswood Open Space Preserve * [[Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve]] * Skyline Ridge Open Space Preserve * Teague Hill Open Space Preserve * [[Thornewood Open Space Preserve]] * [[Windy Hill Open Space Preserve]] {{div col end}} ===State parks=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * [[Año Nuevo State Park]] * [[Butano State Park]] * Castle Rock State Park * Heritage Grove * [[Portola Redwoods State Park]] * Quarry Park * Burleigh H. Murray Ranch * Pigeon Point Light Station Historic State Park * Point Montara Light Station State Park * [[San Bruno Mountain State Park]] {{div col end}} ===State beaches=== {{div col|colwidth=22em}} * Año Nuevo State Reserve * Bean Hollow State Beach * Big Basin State Beach * Gray Whale Cove State Beach * [[Half Moon Bay State Beach]] * [[Montara State Beach]] * [[Pacifica State Beach]] * Pebble Beach * [[Pescadero State Beach]] * Pomponio State Beach * [[San Gregorio State Beach]] * Thornton State Beach {{div col end}}
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