Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
{{Short description|Nature center in California, U.S.}}
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|purpose = Environmental education
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|location = Hayward, California
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File:Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center building.jpg
The Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center is a natural history and ecology interpretive nature center located in Hayward, California. It is directly adjacent to the north side of Highway 92 as it approaches the San Mateo–Hayward Bridge, and is accessed from the highway by the last offramp in the westbound direction before the bridge toll gates. The Center was dedicated in 1986, and is operated by the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District.
Activities
The Center focuses on San Francisco Bay wetland and shoreline ecosystems, and is itself located next to restored wetlands formerly used as salt ponds. The Center operates primarily as a resource center for local schools' educational field trips. It is open to the public on weekends. The center has a small permanent exhibit of native, aquatic life, and rotating exhibits of other related subjects. It is an access point to the San Francisco Bay Trail. Binoculars are on loan for birdwatching. On the other side of Highway 92 is Eden Landing Ecological Reserve, operated by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.
File:Archimedes screw at Hayward shoreline.jpg along the San Francisco Bay Trail, adjacent to the center]]
External links
{{Portal|San Francisco Bay Area}}
- [http://www.haywardrec.org/hayshore.html Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center at the Hayward Area Recreation and Park District website]
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Category:Parks in Hayward, California
Category:Nature centers in California
Category:Buildings and structures in Hayward, California
Category:Education in Alameda County, California
Category:Environment of the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Environmental organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area
Category:Non-profit organizations based in the San Francisco Bay Area