The Los Trancos Open Space Preserve includes a 1.5-mile trail that shows short-term and long-term effects of two tectonic plates sliding past each other--the Pacific Plate and the American plate sliding along the San Andreas fault. Dad and I went exploring. If you want to follow along with the trail guide, download it in PDF .
(Station 1.) To the south, in the far left distance, is Mount Umunhum with its abandoned cold-war radar tower sticking up on the left. Behind it to its right, you can barely see the tip of Loma Prieta 23 miles away, under which was the epicenter of the huge 1989 quake. Beneath our feet are rocks from Loma Prieta, as we're standing on a different plate from the peak.
(Station 1.) To the south, in the far left distance, is Mount Umunhum with its abandoned cold-war radar tower sticking up on the left. Behind it to its right, you can barely see the tip of Loma Prieta 23 miles away, under which was the epicenter of the huge 1989 quake. Beneath our feet are rocks from Loma Prieta, as we're standing on a different plate from the peak.
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