California’s coast is home to numerous state parks, all unique and offering something different. Salt Point State Park occupies six miles of beautiful coastline, next to one of the first underwater marine preserves in California. Salt Point is approximately 90 miles north of San Francisco and covers 6,000 acres. The park is home to sandstone bluffs, rugged beaches, redwood forests, and outstanding viewpoints for whale watching. Some of these sandstone features, which were once quarried to help build San Francisco, are of particular interest, with the honeycomb-like patterns worn into the rock through generations of erosion.