Chapter 17: Hawai'i

The center focus of Hawai'i is its tourist attraction. San Francisco is a very attractive city for tourism as well, with its landmark beaches and parks. These beaches and parks are facilitated by the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). This unit in fact is one of the most visited of the nation park systems in all of United States at about 13 million visitors per year. One of the main attractions within (GGNRA) is the Ocean Beach. This beach runs along the west coast of San Francisco at the Pacific Ocean. Much like that of Hawai'i, Ocean Beach has a vibrant surfing community. The most popular part of the beach is at Kellys Cove. It is home to only the most dedicated San Francisco surfers similar to of North Shore of Oahu, Hawai'i.

Japanese Tea Garden

There are more than 220 parks that are facilitated by the San Francisco Parks and Recreation department. The most popular and largest of which is the Golden Gate Park, which stretches from the center of the city to the Pacific Ocean. The area where the park was built over was originally covered by native sand dunes and grasslands. Then in the 1860s was created into the park we know today with the planting of non-native trees and plants. The park itself has several cultural attractions like the Japanese Tea Garden, and the San Francisco Botanical Garden.

Other attractive parks include Lake Merced, which is a fresh-water lake surrounded by park area and the San Francisco Zoo. The only park managed by the California State Park system is found in San Francisco, Candlestick Point. This area is known to be the first of the state’s urban recreation areas.

Source:

http://parks.ca.gov/?page_id=519

http://cityparksurvey.tpl.org/reports/report_display.asp?rid=27

http://www.beachcalifornia.com/sanfran5.html

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