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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 ...
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.
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]
The natural harbor lacks sufficient depth for the Golden Hind. [59 ... map could apply at Tom's Point on the east side of Tomales Bay. 60] Drakes Bay, Marin County ...
Located on the pristine Tomales Bay, along a sleepy stretch of California's Highway 1 about an hour north of the Golden Gate Bridge, Marshall is an oyster-lovers paradise.
Tomales is located above Keys Creek, about 3 mi (5 km) northeast of Tomales Bay. The nearest city is Petaluma, 16 miles (26 km) to the east by road, and the nearest large city is San Francisco, about 75 minutes (58 miles (93 km)) to the south. [7] The CDP has a total area of 0.33 square miles (0.85 km 2), all of it land. [5]
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.
Seven people were found in chilly ocean waters clinging to a capsized boat, California firefighters reported. Six adults and a child spilled into Tomales Bay in Northern California when their boat ...