A seagull flies over the California Coastal National Monument which stretches along the entire coast of California and extends 12 miles into the Pacific Ocean. The Monument includes 20,000 rocks, islands, pinnacles and reefs.
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Wagon wheel in the Carrizo Plain National Monument Three Pump Jacks, Midway-Sunset Oilfield Painted Rock. Carrizo Plain National Monument. Wild Horses Piedras Blancas Lightstation, San Simeon
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Paleontology

Several world class paleontological sites such as the Maricopa and McKittrick brea pits, Shark Tooth Hill, Bena Road petrified forest, Chico Martinez Creek and the Bopesta Formation-Horse Canyon fossil beds attract scientists to the public lands managed by the Bakersfield Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management.

Mining History

Visitors can discover the remains of Gold Rush era mining history tucked away in the corners of the Keyesville Mining District, near Lake Isabella.

San Andreas Fault / Carrizo Plain

BLM Geology Field Trip Schedule

BLM California Solid Minerals Page

   
Last updated: 10-11-2007