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Seacliff State Beach
This beach has been known for ‘concrete ship SS Palo Alto’ which lies in water. The year 1929 witnessed hauling of this ship to ‘Seacliff Beach’. It has turned in to a center of amusement complete with café, dance floor, carnival booths, and pool. Dance floor has been constructed by Cal-Nevada Company. However, this company had to stand with a begging bowl immediately after 2 seasons. This led to the stripping of ship. As such, ship started getting used just for fishing.
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
This a one of the State Parks containing around 80 Km of ‘hiking trails’ as well as 40 sq. Km of fire roads consisting of changeable terrain. The name of this park has been derived after Nisene Marks, who had been a passionate lover of nature; along with being a mother of Salinas farming family which bought land from ‘lumber companies’.
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Gillette (About 3.7 mi) - Santa Cruz (About 7.4 mi) - Saratoga (About 21.1 mi) - Salinas (About 24.7 mi) - Pacific Grove (About 24.8 mi) - San Jose (About 25.1 mi)
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