The Baylands

At the city’s edge on San Francisco Bay, the Baylands Nature Preserve takes in marsh, sloughs, a duck pond and a boardwalk out over the water, one of the best places for birds on the West Coast.

The Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center on its pilings over the marsh

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Water birds on a Baylands channel at dusk, with the hills beyond

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The Baylands Nature Preserve covers 1,940 acres in Palo Alto and East Palo Alto, with 15 miles of trails, and is the largest tract of undisturbed marshland left on San Francisco Bay. (Wikipedia)

The Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center stands on pilings at the marsh edge, with a quarter-mile boardwalk out to open water. It is named for “Baylands Lucy”, a teacher who fought to save the marsh. (Wikipedia)

The Duck Pond was first built as a public swimming pool. The preserve is home to the Ridgway’s rail and the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse. (Wikipedia)

Each September the night-time Moonlight Run and Walk starts from the Baylands Athletic Center on Geng Road. (City of Palo Alto)

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El Palo Alto, the city's namesake redwood, beside the Caltrain tracks

The Stanford Theatre's marquee lit up at night on University Avenue

A Barron Park donkey in its pasture under the trees

Golden grass and oak-covered hills in Foothills Nature Preserve

Spring blossom at the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden

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