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Estero Bluffs State Park is a state park of California, United States, on Estero Bay. The park protects a grassland-dominated marine terrace that slopes from California State Route 1 to the Pacific Ocean. The property is crossed by San Geronimo and Villa Creeks and is just north of the town of Cayucos. The park was established in 2000. Estero Bluffs has intertidal areas, wetlands, low bluffs, and coastal terraces punctuated by a number of perennial and intermittent streams and containing a pocket cove and beach at Villa Creek. The park provides habitat for a number of endangered species, including the snowy plover. The park is made up of a coastline that stretches over 4 miles and covers more than 300 acres of land. Though the shoreline is usually no more than 300 yards away from the highway, the intentional lack of development of the land has left it very similar to its natural state.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.discover-central-california.com/estero-bluffs.html )〕 Estero Bluffs features a variety of scenic sites along its coast. Visitors can park and see San Geronimo Creek or Villa Creek, which are small lagoons that are present year-round and filled by a constantly running creek. There are also multiple lookout points, including Cayoucos Point, Estero Bay. ==History== The Estero Bluffs area has been home to the Native American Chumash and Salinan people for over 10,000 years. They used various resources gathered from marine and terrestrial areas of the region in order to adapt to various environmental changes. In 1769, the Spanish Portola expedition passed by here. With the explorers came various European diseases that killed many of the indigenous people. From 1771 onward the area, which was Mission land, was used for cattle grazing. In 1842 Mexico granted Rancho San Geronimo, which includes much of the present-day Estero Bluffs State Park, to Rafael José Serapio Villavicencio. The land then passed through various owners until Abram Muscio bought it to develop a resort and residential subdivision. The people from surrounding communities opposed the project, and pushed for preservation. The Trust for Public Land bought the property in 2000, and deeded it to California State Parks in 2002. The Trust imposed a conservation easement that limits and prohibits certain activities on the land, such as the construction of public restrooms or the use of running water. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Estero Bluffs State Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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