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Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Fort Baker
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Fort Baker, the final "Post-to-Park" conversion in the Golden Gate National Parks, is a 335 acre former 1905 US Army post located immediately north of the Golden Gate Bridge. There are more than 30 historic army buildings, many clustered around a main parade ground. Today, these buildings are home to a number of park partners including Cavallo Point Lodge, the US Coast Guard and the Bay Area Discovery Museum.

Torpedo Wharf
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Just east of Fort Point is the Fort Point fishing pier, a.k.a. Torpedo Wharf. This pier sits at the mouth of the Golden Gate. Because of its location, fishermen and fisherladies may encounter any species that enters the bay. It's a great spot for fishing and crabbing. No license required. The pier is the original site where ships loaded underwater mines, then called "torpedoes," before transporting and planting them outside the Golden Gate in the 1890s.

Cumberland Island National Seashore

Marsh Boardwalk
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Leave the tree line near Dungeness and head onto the marsh boardwalk on your way to the beach. Just a short walk from the historic district, the marsh boardwalk provides great wildlife-viewing opportunities. Manatees can be seen feeding on the marsh grasses around high tide during the summer. Wading shorebirds probe the mud flats in search of crabs and small fish. An American alligator sighting isn't out of the question either.

Golden Gate National Recreation Area

Fort Baker Fishing Pier
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Fishing and crabbing off the pier at Horseshoe Cove are popular activities year-round. Fort Baker is home to many tasty morsels including salmon and Red and Rock crabs, which migrate from the ocean to the bay to lay their eggs. The young crabs then hide in the rare offshore eel-grass. A fishing license isn't required on the pier, so grab a pole and a buddy and come on down. California Fish and Wildlife regulations are in effect.

Middle-School Citizen Scientists Track Invasive Crabs at Acadia National Park
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An invasive crab is altering coastal environments on the east coast of North America. Middle school citizen scientists are collecting data to help understand the problem. They get their hands and feet wet with the Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park.

Cape Cod National Seashore

The Return of the Horseshoe Crabs!
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When East Harbor was diked in 1868 to build the railroad to Provincetown, the marine life was killed off as the harbor became a freshwater lake with declining water quality. Now, with a 700-foot-long culvert connecting East Harbor to Cape Cod Bay, sea life has been making its way back into East Harbor with the tides—including an ancient arthropod important to the local economy and our Atlantic ecosystem.

Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore

Good Harbor Beach 669
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Sparkling sand, aquamarine water, and amazing sunsets make this secluded beach a quiet gem. Known as the Copacabana of Sleeping Bear Dunes, Good Harbor Beach is a big, long beach that is great for quiet walks and its gentler water and huge swathes of soft sand and low slope provides kid-friendly fun at the beach and the perfect setting for a sunset bonfire. **Leashed pets are allowed to the left of CR 669 when facing the water. No pets are allowed to the right of CR 669**

Tangier Island
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Tangier Island is an offshore watermen community in the Chesapeake Bay. With unique views reachable only by ferry and a surprising history, visiting Tangier is an experience unlike any other. Stories from the island include Native American connections, colonial settlements, a British fort, and salvation for enslaved peoples who found their freedom on the island's shores.

Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve

Humpback Whale Freed from Entanglement Near Glacier Bay
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A team of National Park Service staff collaborated with NOAA and whale experts to free an entangled humpback whale near Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

Fort Moultrie Fishing Dock
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The dock at Fort Moultrie is available for fishing, birdwatching and admiring the views of the Charleston area.

Cape Hatteras National Seashore

Little Kinnakeet Sound Access
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Pamlico Sound is one of the largest estuarine ecosystems in the United States of America. The water in the sound is shallow, relative warm and calm, brackish, and teeming with biodiversity. Access to the Pamlico Sound provides a variety of recreation opportunities: bait-fishing, crabbing, kayaking, kiteboarding, nature viewing, stand-up paddling, wading, and wind surfing to name a few.

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail

Crab Creek - Rocky Ford Area
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Crab Creek is and ancient steam bed that was quickly overcome by floods waters. Look for streamlined and scarped Palouse Hills along with a crescent flood bar to the south and rock benches to the north.

Chesapeake Bay

Great Bridge Lock Park
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Chesapeake Bay

Turner's Creek Park
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Explore 147 acres of trails, wooded acres, open fields, and a waterfront bluff overlooking Turner's Creek off the Sassafrass River. A public boat ramp is surrounded by over 100 feet of bulkhead area (please call the County Public Landings office at 410-778-7439 for more boat ramp details). The picnic pavilion includes charcoal grills, electric, and approximately 12 picnic tables.

A Zone of Its Own - Adventures in Rocky Intertidal Monitoring
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Standing on what would soon be the ocean floor again, it felt like I’d stumbled upon a secret no one had ever told me. Across rocky intertidal sites at Golden Gate and Point Reyes National Seashore, I saw colorful claws from a few crabs, who seemed to be happy to be getting some sun. I knew the intertidal stole my heart when I saw a baby ochre star nestled beside a much larger purple ochre star. There were also anemones smaller than quarters, and some larger than my hand!

Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail

Rimrock Trail at Drumheller Channels
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The trail is 3.3-miles-long with an elevation gain of 200 feet. Although starting out near Crab Creek, this trail promptly leads into the drier shrub-steppe habitat. After meandering past striking columnar basalt formations, the trail ascends, circling the top of a mesa and provides a beautiful view of the surrounding refuge landscape. You have to return back along the same trail. Allow 2-3 hours.

Redwood National and State Parks

On the Edge: The Curious Lives of Intertidal Organisms and How We Monitor Them
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Imagine a trip to the Redwood National and State Parks. What do you see? The majestic trees, towering above you? Let’s go a bit further, past the trees, all the way to the coastline. There, just in front of you: a smattering of rocks, exposed by the low tide. Step closer and see water pooling between the rocks, a crab disappearing into the sand, an anemone waving hello, and perhaps a purple sea star, clinging to one of the rocks. You've discovered the rocky intertidal zone.

San Juan Island National Historical Park

Clark Island Marine State Park
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San Juan Island National Historical Park

James Island Marine State Park
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San Juan Island National Historical Park

Saddlebag Island Marine State Park
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