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| Formation | 1986 |
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| Type | Nature center |
| Purpose | Environmental education |
| Location | |
Region served | San Francisco Bay Area |
| Website | http://www.haywardrec.org/hayshore.html |
| Remarks | Open Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 10am-5pm; open weekdays for school programs |
TheHayward Shoreline Interpretive Center is a natural history and ecologyinterpretivenature center located inHayward, California. It is directly adjacent to the north side ofHighway 92 as it approaches theSan Mateo–Hayward Bridge, and is accessed from the highway by the last offramp in the westbound direction before the bridge toll gates. The Center was dedicated in 1986, and is operated by theHayward Area Recreation and Park District.
The Center focuses onSan Francisco Baywetland and shorelineecosystems, and is itself located next to restored wetlands formerly used assalt ponds. The Center operates primarily as a resource center for local schools' educational field trips. It is open to the public on weekends. The center has a small permanent exhibit of native, aquatic life, and rotating exhibits of other related subjects. It is an access point to theSan Francisco Bay Trail. Binoculars are on loan for birdwatching. On the other side of Highway 92 isEden Landing Ecological Reserve, operated by theCalifornia Department of Fish and Wildlife.
