LOCATION

You can take the tour of the Hayward Fault starting from Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon and proceed south.

Directions to Tule Ponds and Lake Elizabeth

1. Tule Ponds at Tyson Lagoon
         A.  Uplift near  BART Trail, walk on trace of  Hayward Fault     
         B.  Two traces of Hayward Fault meet
         C.  Walk on the second trace of Hayward Fault
         D.  Depression due to Hayward Fault, area where trenching  has occurred to record Hayward Fault over last 2000 years   

2. Fremont Earthquake Exhibit
         A.  Hayward Fault Trench (subsurface evidence of movement - now closed)
         B.  Cracks and patterns in Parking Lot
         C.  Curb offset on Sailway Drive
         D.  View of Lake Elizabeth, human –made lake, expansion of     sag pond
         E.  Second trace of Hayward Fault, notice uplift (stairs)
         F.  Knoll caused by compression

3. Stivers Lagoon
         A.   Stivers Lagoon Nature Center,  depression area
         B.   Compression ridge caused by Hayward Fault

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