Milagra Ridge

[2] Two 6-inch (152 mm) T2/M1 guns mounted on shielded long-range barbette M4 carriages were moved from Fort Columbia to Battery 244 in 1948.

[4][5] In 1961, Pacifica considered utilizing the empty Battery 244 casemate as their police station combined with an emergency civil defense headquarters for the County of San Mateo,[4] but in 1969, a different location was chosen, partially due to limited access to the site.

[4] The National Guard assumed management of the Nike missile site between 1963 through March 1974, when it was decommissioned and, in May 1974, the land was turned over to the City of Pacifica.

[13] In the late Spring, the area provides thousands of tiny wild coast strawberries interspersed with poison oak.

Milagra Ridge is home to a USGS seismometer that is very close to the city of San Francisco and provides nearly-real-time data to the public.

The view of Pacifica from the western side of Milagra Ridge
Night aerial view of the Pacific coast at Pacifica, California , and inland to California State Highway 35, Skyline Blvd. The Pacifica Pier is visible as a straight lighted feature sticking into the black ocean region at upper right. The dark inland areas are open space, Milagra Ridge (center) and Sweeney Ridge (left).