Editing San Mateo County, California (section)

===County parks===
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* {{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}}
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|+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>
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! 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
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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>
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* 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]]
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