Map and Guides

FMR Tide Zone Guide: Before your visit, read through this 15-page full-color PDF to learn how tides work, get an introduction to the geology underlying the tide pools, and meet some of the organisms you will find during your visit.

FMR Tide Zone Map: One-page map from the Tide Zone Guide above.

FMR Self Guided-Tour:  This full-color two-sided brochure provides a brief guide to the reefs and the most commonly seen tidepool creatures.

FMR Plant Guide: The Terrestrial Vegetation of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve, by Volunteer naturalist Karen E. Kalumuck, Ph.D.

Compendium of the Etymologies of the Common Names of the Terrestrial Vegetation of FMR by Tom Ciotti

LiMPETS Rocky Intertidal Field Guide: The LiMPETS program has published its Rocky Intertidal Field Guide for 2019, funded by the Friends of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve. The photos in the guide are accompanied by notes to help the students and others who are participating in the study identify the marine life being counted.

County of San Mateo Parks Department Brochures:

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