Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Pinnacles National Monument is south of the San Francisco Bay Area by about an 2 1/2 hours. The park has an East and West side, and is best visited in spring or fall. The rock can vary widely in quality but there are a lot of spectacular 'pinnacles' to climb. Peregrine falcons live in this area. The East side has shade and water, the west has high walls. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.