Browns Island
Browns Island is a regional preserve of the East Bay Regional Park District in Pittsburg, Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is an island in Suisun Bay, part of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, separated from the rest of Pittsburg by New York Slough.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United States of America
- Also known as: “Brown Island” and “Gwin Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Winter Island and Pittsburg Center station.
Winter Island
Island
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Winter Island is a 453-acre island in Suisun Bay, in the western Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta. It is north of Pittsburg, separated from Browns Island to the west by a slough.
Pittsburg Center station
Railway station
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Pittsburg Center station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station on the Yellow Line. It is located at the Railroad Avenue overpass of Highway 4 in Pittsburg, California and serves the downtown area of about one mile away via connecting buses provided by Tri Delta Transit.
Los Medanos College
College
Los Medanos College is a public community college in Pittsburg, California, United States. It was established in 1974 and is part of the Contra Costa Community College District.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pittsburg and Cornwall.
Pittsburg
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Pittsburg is a city of 76,000 people in the east part of Contra Costa County in the San Francisco Bay Area on the west edge of the San Francisco Bay Delta.
Cornwall
Hamlet
Cornwall, formerly known as Cornwall Station, was an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, before it was absorbed into the City of Pittsburg.
Antioch
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.
Browns Island
- Categories: locality and landform
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.03881° or 38° 2′ 20″ northLongitude
-121.86468° or 121° 51′ 53″ westElevation
3 feet (1 metre)Open location code
84CW24QP+G4OpenStreetMap ID
node 358775543OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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In Other Languages
“Browns Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Browns Island (pulo sa Estados Unidos, California, Contra Costa County)”
- Cebuano: “Browns Island”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Los Medanos Energy Center and Pittsburg Marina.
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