Castro Rocks
The Castro Rocks are several rocks in Richmond, California, protruding from the waters in San Francisco Bay between Castro Point and Red Rock Island. The rocks lie almost directly under the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge.Photo: Dreamyshade, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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 Rocks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Winehaven and Point Richmond.
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.
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 2 miles east of Castro Rocks.
Atchison Village
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 Rocks.
Castro Rocks
- Type: Rock
- Description: group of rocks in Contra Costa County, California, United States
- Categories: Char (River Island), group of rocks, and landform
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.93277° or 37° 55′ 58″ northLongitude
-122.41705° or 122° 25′ 1″ westElevation
-3 feet (-1 metres)Open location code
849VWHMM+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 3150154140OpenStreetMap feature
natural=rock
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Spanish—“Castro Rocks” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Castro Rocks”
- Dutch: “Castro Rocks”
- Spanish: “Rocas Castro”
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