9/1/2018
Landmark information
- Location:
Take Millbrae Ave interchange from N-bound I-280, go N to intersection of Skyline Blvd and Hillcrest blvd; plaque 500 ft W on Hillcrest Blvd, Millbrae - Plaque:
Other Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
11/12/1995 - Date Most Recently Visited:
9/1/2018 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 35.339, W 122 24.788
About this landmark
Plaque text:
First Camp After Discovery of San Francisco Bay
On November 4, 1769 the expedition of Captain Gaspar de Portola, after crossing Sweeney Ridge, beheld the bay of San Francisco for the first time. That night they camped at a small lagoon, now covered by San Andreas Lake. Finding the bay too large to go around and thinking they had bypassed Monterey Bay, the expedition camped here again on November 12, 1769 on their return to San Diego.