Parks + Recreation

PARKS AND RECREATION:

• Aquarium of the Bay at Pier 39
  Opened in 1996 and enhanced in 2001, Aquarium of the Bay is a unique educational and entertainment facility dedicated to the rich and diverse aquatic life of San Francisco Bay and its surrounding waters. The Aquarium provides a window to the Bay that focuses on its distinctive ecosystems to entertain, educate and inspire preservation of this wonderful natural resource.
  1-888-SEA DIVE (1-888-732-3483) 415-623-5300
  Aquarium of the Bay
  PIER 39, Embarcadero at Beach Street
  San Francisco, CA 94133
  
• San Francisco Bay Model Visitor Center, Sausalito, California
• Monterey Bay Aquarium
  
• Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary They have a Museum on Chrissy Field.
• The Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) is one of the largest urban national parks in the world.
• Point Reyes National Seashore
  Point Reyes National Seashore contains unique elements of biological and historical interest in a spectacularly scenic panorama of thunderous ocean breakers, open grasslands, bushy hillsides and forested ridges.
  
• Hakone Tea Gardens Hakone Gardens 21000 Big Basin Way Saratoga CA 95070
  http://www.hakone.com/gardens/tearooms.html
  
• Muir Woods National Monument Muir Woods National Monument
  Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415)388-7059
  http://www.visitmuirwoods.com/
  
• Golden Gate National Park
  http://www.sfgov.org/site/recpark_index.asp
  
• Alcatraz Island http://www.nps.gov/alcatraz/

RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENTAL LINKS

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• Point Reyes Bird Observatory
  PRBO Conservation Science is dedicated to conserving birds, other wildlife, and ecosystems through innovative scientific research and outreach.
  
• Oikonos
  Oikonos increases ecosystem knowledge through science, art, technology, education, and applied conservation.
• The Marine Mammal Center
  The Marine Mammal Center recognizes human interdependence with marine mammals and their importance as sentinels of the ocean environment, the health of which is essential for all life. It is our responsibility to use our awareness, compassion and intelligence to foster marine mammal survival and the conservation of their habitat. The Marine Mammal Center works toward this end.
  
• Moss Landing Marine Laboratories
  
  



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