Eckley
Eckley is an area in Contra Costa County, California, which served as a train-ferry landing for crossings of the Carquinez Strait prior to the opening of the Benicia-Martinez railroad bridge.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY 2.0.
- Type: Hamlet
- Description: ghost town in Contra Costa County, California, United States
- Also known as: “Eckley, CA” and “Eckley, California”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Carquinez Bridge and California Maritime Academy.
Carquinez Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Doug Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Carquinez Bridge is a pair of parallel bridges spanning the Carquinez Strait at the northeastern end of San Francisco Bay. They form the part of Interstate 80 between Crockett and Vallejo, California, United States.
California Maritime Academy
University
Photo: Frijole, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Maritime Academy is a maritime academy branch campus of California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in Vallejo, California. California Maritime Academy is situated 2 miles northwest of Eckley.
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
Park
Photo: Epolk, Public domain.
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is a state park in Benicia, California, United States. The park is dedicated to California's third capitol building, where the California State Legislature convened from February 3, 1853, to February 24, 1854, when they voted to move the state capital to Sacramento. Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is situated 2½ miles east of Eckley.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Crockett and Port Costa.
Crockett
Village
Photo: Federico Pizano, CC BY 3.0.
Crockett is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, in the East Bay sub-region of the San Francisco Bay Area, California. The population was 3,242 at the 2020 census.
Port Costa
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Port Costa is a small town and census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, located in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Valona
Neighborhood
Valona is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is located in the bluffs above Crockett, 5.5 miles west-northwest of Martinez, at an elevation of 62 feet.
Eckley
- Categories: ghost town and locality
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.05381° or 38° 3′ 14″ northLongitude
-122.20275° or 122° 12′ 10″ westElevation
10 feet (3 metres)Open location code
84CV3Q3W+GWOpenStreetMap ID
node 150954629OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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In Other Languages
“Eckley” goes by many names.
- German: “Eckley”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Eckley”. Photo: Drew Jacksich, CC BY 2.0.