8/10/2013
Landmark information
- Location:
Sweeney Ridge, from Hwy 1 take Fassler Ave, then trail to site in Pacifica; plaque located SE corner of Crespi Dr and State Hwy 1, Pacifica - Plaque:
Official State Plaque - Site:
Nothing Remains - Date First Visited:
3/10/1996 - Date Most Recently Visited:
8/10/2013 - GPS Coordinates:
N 37 35.959, W 122 29.999 - Other Designations:
National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
About this landmark
Plaque text:
Discovery of San Francisco Bay
Captain Gaspar de Portola camped, October 31, 1769, by the creek at the south side of this valley, and to that camp scouting parties brought news of a body of water to the east. On November 4 the expedition advanced. Turning inland here, they climbed to the summit of Sweeney Ridge and beheld for the first time the bay of San Francisco.