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- When most California visitors think of beach trips, they think of the popular surfing spots and boardwalks of Southern California's hottest beach spots.
- However, San Francisco visitors need not go any further than their own backyard to enjoy the natural wonders of the Pacific Ocean coastline.
- The 82,000-acre Golden Gate National Recreation Area preserves a wide variety of beach spots throughout the city's greater metropolitan region.
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