Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge

Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge is a sensitive sand dune habitat located near the city of Antioch, California on the south shore of the San Joaquin River-Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Antioch–Pittsburg station and Antioch station.

Antioch–Pittsburg station

Railway station

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Antioch–Pittsburg station is an unstaffed Amtrak station in Antioch, California and is the closest station to Pittsburg, California, which is located about two miles west.

Antioch station

Railway station

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Antioch station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station on the Yellow Line. It is located in the median of Highway 4 at Hillcrest Avenue in Antioch, California. Antioch station is the eastern terminus of the BART to Antioch section of the line.

Sutter Delta Medical Center

Hospital

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Sutter Delta Medical Center is a 145-bed general medical/surgical hospital in Antioch, California. A Level II Trauma Center, Sutter Delta is a not-for-profit teaching hospital and is ranked as a High Performing hospital for COPD and heart failure. Sutter Delta Medical Center is situated 2½ miles south of Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antioch and Oakley.

Antioch

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Antioch is the third-most populous city in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city is located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area along the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta.

Oakley

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Oakley is in the east part of Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area to the east of Antioch.

Cornwall

Hamlet

Cornwall, formerly known as Cornwall Station, was an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States, before being absorbed into the City of Pittsburg. Cornwall is situated 4½ miles west of Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge.

Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge

Type: Park
Description: sand dune habitat located near Antioch, California
Category: National Wildlife Refuge
Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.01449° or 38° 0′ 52″ north

Longitude

-121.79291° or 121° 47′ 35″ west

Elevation

26 feet (8 metres)

Open location code

84CW2674+QR

GeoNames ID

5324213

Wikidata ID

Q4775016

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Satellite Map

Discover Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge”
Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn Động vật Hoang dã Quốc gia Antioch Dunes”
Vietnamese: “Khu bảo tồn Động vật Hoang dã Quốc gia các Đụn cát Antioch”

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