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Dillon Beach is located at Bodega Bay (near the mouth of Tomales Bay), at 8] [4] The Estero de San Antonio State Marine Recreational Management Area is a marine protected area located 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Dillon Beach. Like an underwater park, this marine protected area helps conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems.
Tomales Bay State Park is a California state park in Marin County, California. [ 1 ] It consists of approximately 2,000 acres (8 km²) divided between two areas, one on the west side of Tomales Bay and the other on the east side.
The sandbar at the mouth of Tomales Bay is notoriously dangerous, with a long history of small-boat accidents. [7] Tomales Bay oysters. Oyster farming is a major industry on the bay. The two largest producers are Hog Island Oyster Company and Tomales Bay Oyster Company, both of which retail oysters to the public and have picnic grounds on the ...
Lairds Landing was the site of a wharf on the southwest shore of Tomales Bay. [33] It was named after ranchers, Charles and George Laird, who leased the site in 1858 to transport supplies and produce across the bay. [33] The location was settled by the Felix family around 1861, a family of Filipino and Miwok heritage. [34]
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The distinctive shapes of Point Reyes, Drakes Bay, and Tomales Bay as seen from the air Although early explorers and Spanish trading galleons journeying between the Philippines and Acapulco passed by Point Reyes, some even anchoring briefly, it is the landing by Sir Francis Drake that dominates discussion of this era of Point Reyes early history.
Tomales Point on Point Reyes Peninsula. Tomales Point is the North-Western tip of Point Reyes Peninsula. Bodega Bay is to the North, Tomales Bay is to the East, and the Pacific Ocean is to the West. The point is accessible only via a 9.5 mile hike (out and back) along Tomales Point Trail. The region is home to a tule elk population. [1]
Yellowtail rockfish over boot sponges in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sacntuary.. The Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary (formerly Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary) protects the wildlife, habitats, and cultural resources of one of the most diverse and bountiful marine environments in the world, an area of 3,295 square miles off the northern and central ...