Memorial Park, San Mateo County, California
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San Mateo County's
Memorial Park is located in Loma Mar
and is operated by the San Mateo County Department of Parks. The park encompasses 499 acres (2 km²), and includes old-growth redwood
trees, eight miles (13 km) of hiking trails, camping areas, picnic facilities, a visitor center, a camp store, a creek swimming area, and campfire programs. Pescadero Creek
, which provides winter habitat for steelhead trout, runs through the park. Bloomquist
, Hoffman
, McCormick
, and Peterson Creeks join Pescadero Creek within the park boundaries.
The park was initially established during the Depression
as a camp for workers of the Works Project Administration.
The park's name commemorates the men of San Mateo County who died in World War I
.
San Mateo County, California
San Mateo County is a county located in the San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California. It covers most of the San Francisco Peninsula just south of San Francisco, and north of Santa Clara County. San Francisco International Airport is located at the northern end of the county, and...
Memorial Park is located in Loma Mar
Loma Mar, California
Loma Mar is a census-designated place in San Mateo County, California. It is near San Mateo County Memorial Park on Pescadero Road and is in area code 650. The United States Postal Service has assigned it ZIP Code 94021. As of the census of 2010, there are an estimated 113 residents in the CDP...
and is operated by the San Mateo County Department of Parks. The park encompasses 499 acres (2 km²), and includes old-growth redwood
Redwood
-Trees:Conifers* Family Cupressaceae *** Sequoia sempervirens - coast redwood**** Albino redwood*** Sequoiadendron giganteum - giant sequoia*** Metasequoia glyptostroboides - dawn redwood* Family Pinaceae...
trees, eight miles (13 km) of hiking trails, camping areas, picnic facilities, a visitor center, a camp store, a creek swimming area, and campfire programs. Pescadero Creek
Pescadero Creek
Pescadero Creek is a major stream in Santa Cruz and San Mateo counties in California. At , it is the longest stream in San Mateo County and flows all year from springs in the Santa Cruz Mountains...
, which provides winter habitat for steelhead trout, runs through the park. Bloomquist
Bloomquist Creek
Bloomquist Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of Pescadero Creek. It enters Pescadero Creek within the boundaries of Memorial Park.-See also:* List of watercourses in the San Francisco Bay Area...
, Hoffman
Hoffman Creek
Hoffman Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of Pescadero Creek....
, McCormick
McCormick Creek
McCormick Creek is a stream in San Mateo County, California and is a tributary of Pescadero Creek....
, and Peterson Creeks join Pescadero Creek within the park boundaries.
The park was initially established during the Depression
Great Depression
The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...
as a camp for workers of the Works Project Administration.
The park's name commemorates the men of San Mateo County who died in World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
.