Dow Wetlands Preserve

Dow Wetlands Preserve is a nature reserve in Contra Costa, California. Dow Wetlands Preserve is situated nearby to the hamlet Los Medanos, as well as near Cornwall.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Antioch–Pittsburg station and Riverview Union High School Building.

Antioch–Pittsburg station

Railway station

Photo: Mliu92, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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.

Riverview Union High School Building

Memorial

Photo: Sanfranman59, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Riverview Union High School was the first high school built in Contra Costa County. Located at 1500 W First Street in Antioch, California. Charles Appleton Hooper donated the land to end a dispute between Antioch and Pittsburg over land that was used for the school.

Somersville Towne Center

Shopping center

Somersville Towne Center is a regional shopping mall in Antioch, California, United States. Previously named County East Mall until 2004, the 501,259 square feet mall is managed by Urban Retail Properties.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Antioch and Cornwall.

Antioch

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

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.

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.

Pittsburg

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 4.0.

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.

Dow Wetlands Preserve

Type: Nature reserve
Category: recreation area
Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.02131° or 38° 1′ 17″ north

Longitude

-121.83024° or 121° 49′ 49″ west

Elevation

7 feet (2 metres)

Operator

Dow

Open location code

84CW25C9+GW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 358821236

OpenStreetMap feature

leisure=nature_reserve

GeoNames ID

5343852

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Satellite Map

Discover Dow Wetlands Preserve from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Los Medanos and Collinsville.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Antioch Historical Museum and Antioch Marina.

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