Encyclopedia > Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area is a protected area near San Francisco Bay, California. To the south is a small subbay of San Francisco Bay and further south is Sierra Point, Brisbane. San Francisco Bay, San Pablo Bay, and the Golden Gate The San Francisco Bay is a shallow, productive estuary through which water draining of approximately forty percent of California, flowing in Sacramento and San Joaquin rivers from the Sierra Nevada mountains, enters the Pacific Ocean. ... Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq mi (410,000 km²) - Width 250 miles (400 km) - Length 770 miles (1,240 km) - % water 4. ...
See also: Candlestick Park Monster Park (colloquially, The Stick or Candlestick, after its original name of Candlestick Park) is an outdoor sports and entertainment stadium located in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. ...
When CandlestickPoint was first opened as a StateRecreationArea, it was used mainly for fishing.
Candlestick also features an area for community gardens where people from the community can plant vegetables and flowers in their own individual garden plots.
CandlestickPoint is also a popular entry point for windsurfing on the bay.