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View Poll Results: Where would it be?
Death Valley 0 0%
Yosemite 15 57.69%
Mt. Jacinto Peak 1 3.85%
Big Sur Coast 1 3.85%
Those really tall trees by NorCal's Coast (Redwoods?) 7 26.92%
Lake Tahoe 2 7.69%
South San Diego Wetlands 0 0%
Voters: 26. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 04-28-2016, 12:29 PM
 
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What part of the State has the most aweing scenery that you believe deserves to be accredited recognition?

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Old 04-28-2016, 12:45 PM
 
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I'd like to point out an honorable mention to Mt. Jacinto Peak for being one of the few places on Earth you can overlook both the ocean and the desert 10,000ft above sealevel while also seeing snow. On a clear day you can see the DTLA skyline 100 miles east believe it or not.

For those confused at the San Diego Wetlands, it's like a mini Florida-Everglade wildlife preserve right beside Imperial Beach.
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Old 04-28-2016, 01:10 PM
 
Location: Oroville, California
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I've traveled pretty extensively and love to read and watch travel logs. There are very few places on earth that can compare to Yosemite National Park. I lived in Monterey for over 10 years and often drove down to Big Sur. Its beautiful, but I'd still say Yosemite is a notch above it. Lots of beautiful coastlines, very few glacial valleys ringed with waterfalls like that.
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Old 04-28-2016, 01:25 PM
 
Location: State of Transition
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I've traveled pretty extensively and love to read and watch travel logs. There are very few places on earth that can compare to Yosemite National Park. I lived in Monterey for over 10 years and often drove down to Big Sur. Its beautiful, but I'd still say Yosemite is a notch above it. Lots of beautiful coastlines, very few glacial valleys ringed with waterfalls like that.
That's a pretty tall statement. Are you sure about that? Remember the guy who posted here, who, as a ranger or guide in Yosemite handling groups of European tourists, said that it wasn't unusual for the visitors to comment that they didn't know what the fuss was about, Europe had much more spectacular scenery than Yosemite? ROFL! That just kills me! They thought Yosemite was just another example of overblown American marketing. Now granted, the Alps and the Norwegian fjords are quite breathtaking. But they don't have redwoods! And you're right about the waterfalls; tall waterfalls like that aren't common in Europe.
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Old 04-28-2016, 01:40 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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Why are south San Diego wetlands special?
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Old 04-28-2016, 01:41 PM
 
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^ i hear there's alot of unique species living there.
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Old 04-28-2016, 01:43 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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I'd like to point out an honorable mention to Mt. Jacinto Peak for being one of the few places on Earth you can overlook both the ocean and the desert 10,000ft above sealevel while also seeing snow. On a clear day you can see the DTLA skyline 100 miles east believe it or not.

For those confused at the San Diego Wetlands, it's like a mini Florida-Everglade wildlife preserve right beside Imperial Beach.
Didn't see this addition. I think a couple of other California wetlands beat it out. In terms of being right next to the beach, I think Orange County, in particular Bolsa Chica win. In terms of wildlife, both in biomass and variety, the wetlands around San Francisco Bay win.
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Old 04-28-2016, 01:52 PM
 
Location: On the water.
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And then there's the Elkhorn Estuary Reserve and the Morro Bay Reserves for wetlands teeming with bio-diversity as well, if you're going to consider areas as small as the San Diego Border Field wetlands. All told, the Bay Area wetlands are much more extensive though divided and separated. Even divided as they are, some areas are larger than Border Field, Elkhorn, or Morro.
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Old 04-28-2016, 01:56 PM
 
Location: San Diego, California Republic
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And then there's the Elkhorn Estuary Reserve and the Morro Bay Reserves for wetlands teeming with bio-diversity as well, if you're going to consider areas as small as the San Diego Border Field wetlands. All told, the Bay Area wetlands are much more extensive though divided and separated. Even divided as they are, some areas are larger than Border Field, Elkhorn, or Morro.
This is what has created such variety there. A bird, the Song Sparrow has over 30 races across North America, almost all of them in the west. Four of these are endemic to specific areas around the marshes of San Francisco Bay which means they've been there for a long time. No such situation occurs around San Diego Bay.
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Old 04-28-2016, 02:01 PM
 
Location: On the water.
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This is what has created such variety there. A bird, the Song Sparrow has over 30 races across North America, almost all of them in the west. Four of these are endemic to specific areas around the marshes of San Francisco Bay which means they've been there for a long time. No such situation occurs around San Diego Bay.
A person could have a very hard lifetime trying to exhaust themselves of adventures and explorations of all the Bay wetlands trails and waterways. Just ask those birds!
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