When driving from Oakland to Berkeley along I-80/I-580, you’re likely to see 1) a lot of traffic and 2) Berkeley’s Aquatic Park, a respite from said traffic. Interestingly, the lagoon was created in the process of paving the interstate when it cut into the edge of the San Francisco Bay.
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The Monterey Bay is always filled with wildlife with extensive kelp forests in the ocean and rolling hills along the coast. I’ve been to Monterey countless times, but each visit always has a surprise or something new.
I visited the Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge, by Fremont California. The refuge is 30,000 acres of protected habitat for local and migratory wildlife.
Close to Sacramento lies the Yolo Bypass, one of two areas built to protect Sacramento from floods. One part of the bypass is designated a wildlife area, which has vegetation that is compatible with the flooding function.
An hour and a half drive north of San Francisco lies Tomales Bay, a long channel of water from between Point Reyes and Marin.
Along the bay in South San Francisco lies Sierra Point and Oyster Point Marina. These two infill land masses create a small channel and marshland, outlined by a trail.
Heron’s Head Park was originally intended to become a shipping terminal on Pier 98 in Bayview. Those plans never materialized and the thin infill became a salt marsh with tidal channels, a trail, and an ecology center.