Pier 39
is really Pier 39, San Francisco, California
Real place, still recognisable
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
How close does the game get to the real place?
In the game
The busy tourist pier on the waterfront, with sea lions lying on the floating docks below the walkways.
The real place
Pier 39 opened as a shopping pier in 1978. The sea lions arrived soon after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake and took over the boat docks on the west side of the pier, where they have stayed ever since.
Visiting
The sea lions are on K-Dock on the west side of the pier. Numbers are highest in winter and lowest in summer, when many swim south to breed.
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