San Rafael Bay
Bay in California, United States
37°57′50″N 122°28′39″W / 37.96389°N 122.47750°W / 37.96389; -122.47750[1]
San Rafael Bay is an embayment of San Pablo Bay, located in Marin County and the northern San Francisco Bay Area, California.[2]
Geography
San Pablo Bay is the northern bay section of the larger San Francisco Bay, in the North Bay region.
San Rafael Bay is located along the Marin County coast, adjacent to the City of San Rafael.[2]
The Marin Islands are within bay. The river mouth and estuary of San Rafael Creek is located at its shoreline.[2]
See also
- San Pablo Bay topics
References
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Rafael Bay
- ^ a b c TopoQuest map, USGS, retrieved July 6, 2008
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San Francisco Bay watershed
![San Francisco Bay](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/BayareaUSGS.jpg/100px-BayareaUSGS.jpg)
- Major
- San Francisco Bay
- Suisun Bay
- San Pablo Bay
- Minor
- Golden Gate
- Grizzly Bay
- Richardson Bay
- San Rafael Bay
- Richmond Inner Harbor
- San Leandro Bay
- Former
- Yerba Buena Cove
- Mission Bay
- Rivers
- San Joaquin
- Sacramento
- Napa
- Guadalupe
- Petaluma
- Creeks (discharging into the Bay)
- Alameda
- Baxter
- Cerrito
- Codornices
- Coyote (Santa Clara)
- Coyote (Marin)
- San Leandro
- San Lorenzo
- Schoolhouse
- Temescal
- Sausal
- Redwood
- San Mateo
- Sonoma
- Corte Madera
- Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio
- San Rafael
- Miller
- Novato
- Tolay
- San Francisquito
- Pacheco
- Alhambra
- Adobe
- Rodeo
- Refugio
- Pinole
- Garrity
- Rheem
- Karlson
- San Pablo
- Castro
- Wildcat
- Fluvius Innominatus
- Marin (Alameda County)
- Strawberry
- Easton
- Mission Creek
- Reservoirs
- Calaveras Reservoir
- Lafayette Reservoir
- Straits and estuaries
- Clifton Court Forebay
- Carquinez Strait
- Oakland Estuary
- Raccoon Strait
- Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta
- Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel
- Watersheds
- Laguna Creek Watershed
- Guadalupe watershed
protected areas
- Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge
- San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Eden Landing Ecological Reserve
- Hayward Regional Shoreline
- Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center
- Crown Memorial State Beach
- McLaughlin Eastshore State Park
- Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline
- César Chávez Park
- Brooks Island Regional Preserve
- Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
- Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge
- Coyote Point Recreation Area
- Middle Harbor Shoreline Park
- National Estuarine Research Reserve
- China Camp State Park
- San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park
- SF Bay Trail
- Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline
- Big Break Regional Shoreline
- Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve
peninsulas
- Major islands
- Alameda
- Alcatraz
- Angel
- Treasure Island
- Yerba Buena
- Minor
- Brooks
- Bair
- Bay Farm
- Belvedere
- Brother
- Castro Rocks
- Coast Guard
- Greco
- Hooks Island
- Mare
- Red Rock
- The Sisters
- Marin Islands
- Roe
- Ryer
- Seal Islands
- Peninsulas/infill
- Albany Bulb
- Brisbane Baylands
- Point Isabel
- Foster City
- Fleming Point
- Hunters Point
- Sierra Point
- Steamboat Point
and tubes
marinas
- History
- Delta and Dawn
- Discovery Site
- Humphrey the Whale
- San Leandro Oyster Beds
- Richmond Shipyards
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model
- Harold Gilliam
- Marincello
- Ecology
- Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve
- Cosco Busan oil spill
- Thicktail chub
- Delta smelt
- Conservation and Development Commission
- The Watershed Project
- Save The Bay
- Citizens for East Shore Parks
- Friends of Five Creeks
- Urban Creeks Council
- 1971 oil spill
- Greenbelt Alliance
- The Bay Institute
- Reber Plan
- San Francisco Baykeeper
- San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science
- Estuary Partnership
- Transportation
- Water Trail
- Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area
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