POST adds coastal parcel to Pillar Point bluff

The Peninsula Open Space Trust (POST) announced today the purchase of 3.67 acres of oceanfront property on the bluff north of Pillar Point in Half Moon Bay. The $495,000 acquisition will be added to POST’s Pillar Point Bluff property, 119 acres that surround the new purchase on two sides.           
"With the purchase of this land, we add ocean frontage to Pillar Point Bluff, protecting even more of this dramatic stretch of land that the community and visitors enjoy," says POST Executive Vice President Walter T. Moore.  "The area is already popular with hikers, joggers, dog-walkers and other visitors.  As POST works with its public agency partners to improve the trails at Pillar Point Bluff, we will integrate this new parcel into the planning process."
POST purchased the ocean-view property from executors of the estate of the late Elizabeth M. Gunn of Los Altos, whose husband bought the land in 1981. The new property’s bluff-top edges offer lovely views of the Pacific Ocean and Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, with Seal Cove Beach, Frenchmen’s Reef and Pillar Point as visible landmarks.  Seals often huddle on the rocks just offshore.
 

In 2004 POST, in partnership with the California Coastal Conservancy, purchased adjacent Pillar Point Bluff, where the two groups are now at work on plans for the Jean Lauer Trail, a segment of the California Coastal Trail. When completed, the Coastal Trail will run the entire length of California’s coastline.  Construction of the Jean Lauer segment, which runs along the ridge of Pillar Point Bluff, is due to begin in the summer of 2008.
Besides adding acreage to Pillar Point Bluff, POST’s new acquisition ensures an unobstructed view along this stretch of San Mateo County’s coastal bluff.