2014-09-20 Hiking, Alviso Marina County Park
2014-09-20 Hiking
Alviso Marina County Park to SFO Wildlife Refuge
Start at 3:00pm
Meeting Place: Parking Lot of Alviso Marina County Park
This time, we will visit the south portion of San Francisco Bay Wildlife Refuge starting from Alviso Marina County Park.
It is a leisure walk without any climbing. Our route is famous at its beauty in sunset. So, we will start our trip late at 3:00pm this time. We should finish our trip between 6:00 to 6:30pm.
We will start our route at Alviso Marina County Park and walk to see the ghost town of Drawbridge. You can obtain detail information of this route from the link below.
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Guide-g60713-i4874-San_Francisco_California.html
After watching the ghost town of Drawbridge, we will walk around the salt pond A15. Or, you can return to Alviso Marina County Park from here as our short route. Round trip of this short route is about 4 miles. Salt pond A15 is famous for its pretty at sunset. This will give us additional 3 miles of this trip.
Do not forget your camera. The color of the salt pond of Alviso Weep will reflect different colors from time to time. Let’s see what are the colors that we can see this time.
(** Please note that all participants must take full responsibility to themselves. NCCUAA-NC is not responsible to any indemnity on any occurring in this event. If you do not agree on this term, please do not participate in this event. **)
What to bring:
- A signed wavier form ( download from this link, http://www.ncuaanc.org/?attachment_id=2103 )
- Plenty of water; hiking pole is not required.
- Sun glasses, hat. (100% no shed)
- Use sunscreen and make sure you’re wearing weather-appropriate clothing. Exposed areas of the bay can be very windy.
- No dog. Pet is not allowed in this refuge.
Direction:
1. Address of Alviso Marina County Park is 1195 Hope St, Alviso, CA 95002
2. Take Hwy237, exit Great America Parkway
3. Turn to the seashore direction for Gold Street Connector
4. Turn left to Gold Street
5. Gold Street to the end will be Elizabeth St.
6. End of Elizabeth St. will be Hope St.
7. Turn right to Hope St. and enter to the Park.
8. Parking is free.