The Brothers
The Brothers are a pair of small islands, East Brother and West Brother, located in the San Rafael Bay embayment of San Pablo Bay, these roughly 1,000 feet west of Point San Pablo in Contra Costa County, California.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: pair of islands in San Francisco Bay in Contra Costa County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Brothers” and “Two Brothers”
Places of Interest
Highlights include East Brother Lighthouse and The Sisters.
East Brother Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
East Brother Island Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on East Brother Island in San Rafael Bay, near the tip of Point San Pablo in Richmond, California.
The Sisters
Island
The Sisters are two small rock islands in San Pablo Bay, located 500 meters northeast of Point San Pedro in Marin County, California. The Sisters were shown in an 1850 survey map of the San Francisco Bay area made by Cadwalader Ringgold. The Sisters is situated 2 miles north of The Brothers.
Point Molate Beach Park
Park
Point Molate Beach Park is a city-owned park in Richmond, California, accessible only via a narrow road from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plaza exit "Western Drive", and separate from the rest of the city. Point Molate Beach Park is situated 2 miles southeast of The Brothers.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winehaven and McNears Beach.
Winehaven
Locality
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Winehaven was a winery and town in Richmond, California, that held the title of "world's largest winery" for 12 years. It later became a fuel depot for the United States Navy.
McNears Beach
Hamlet
Photo: Mx. Granger, CC0.
McNears Beach was the site of a fashionable beach resort established in the 1880s on San Pablo Bay in Marin County, California. It was located 0.5 miles north-northwest of Point San Pedro, and 3.4 miles northeast of San Rafael. McNears Beach is situated 2½ miles northwest of The Brothers.
Point Richmond
Neighborhood
Point Richmond, also sometimes referred to locally as The Point, is a neighborhood in Richmond, California, United States, near the eastern end of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, between Interstate 580 and the San Francisco Bay. Point Richmond is situated 3½ miles southeast of The Brothers.
The Brothers
- Category: landform
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Low German—“The Brothers” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “The Brothers”
- French: “Brother Islands”
- German: “Brothers”
- German: “The Brothers”
- Low German: “Brothers”
- Low German: “The Brothers”
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