Shoreline Park, Mountain View

Shoreline Park is a park in Mountain View, California, USA. It was originally a landfill for San Francisco garbage. After the landfill closed in 1998^[1], it was turned into a city park, with a golf course and an artificial lake. On the lake's eastern shore is located the Shoreline Aquatic Center, which offers sailboat, windsurfing, kayak, canoe, rowboat, and pedal boat rentals, as well as sailing, windsurfing, and kayaking classes. The adjacent Shoreline Cafe is open daily and offers a variety of food to lake goers. A video on the history of the park is available at the Mountain View Public Library.

The park golf course, known as Shoreline Golf Links, is an 18 hole links style course, with a pro shop and driving range, and is open to the public. The Rengstorff House, a historic Victorian mansion moved to the park from its original location elsewhere in Mountain View, and Michaels at Shoreline Restaurant, are also in the built up area of the park. Walkers, runners, bike riders, etc can connect to the Stevens Creek Trail at the eastern edge of the park.

Through the developed park, one reaches a wildlife refuge at the edge of the bay, where many birds can be seen at almost any time. Here are some pictures taken (on a two hour walk) there with a 210 mm. focal length lens and 35 mm. film.

American White Pelican landing by San Francisco Bay, Santa Cruz Mountains in background Greater egret and gull on pilings Great egret and ducks Great blue heron and ducks Small water birds Canada Geese in Shoreline Park Hawk on pole Egret landing on water, view away from bay

External links

• Shoreline Park at the City of Mountain View website
• Shoreline Lake satellite view at Google Maps

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