Castro Point
Castro Point is a cape in western Richmond, California, United States.Places of Interest
Highlights include Point Molate Beach Park and Point Potrero Pond.
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 Potrero Pond
Pond
Potrero Hills Pond is a small lake in Richmond, California. It was formed from quarrying of hills near Potrero Hills at the Blake Brothers Quarry. It is fed by underground springs. It is now polluted and surrounded by a Chevron Richmond Refinery tank farm.
Keller Beach
Beach
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Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline is a 295-acre bayside park near the Brickyard Cove neighborhood of the Point Richmond District in Richmond, California. Keller Beach is situated 2 miles southeast of Castro Point.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winehaven and Point Richmond.
Winehaven
Locality
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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.
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 1½ miles southeast of Castro Point.
Atchison Village
Neighborhood
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Atchison Village is a community in Richmond, California which was originally built as housing for defense workers from the Kaiser Shipyards. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet. Atchison Village is situated 2½ miles east of Castro Point.
Castro Point
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in Richmond, United States of America
- Category: landform
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Castro Point” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castro Point”
Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Castro Rocks and Point Molate Beach.
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