Point Potrero
Point Potrero is a point in San Pablo Bay forming a cape and hugging the Potrero Hills in Richmond, California. The cape is covered with chaparral and lies between San Pablo Bay to the west and north, and Castro Cove to the east.Photo: Wikigirl97, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Cape
- Description: cape in California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Potrero Point” and “Shoal Point”
Places of Interest
Highlights include SS Red Oak Victory and Brooks Island.
SS Red Oak Victory
Photo: Leonard G., CC0.
SS Red Oak Victory is a U.S. Victory ship of the Boulder Victory-class cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum ship in Richmond, California, and is managed by the Richmond Library of History and located near the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park.
Brooks Island
Island
Photo: Rupert Clayton, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brooks Island Regional Preserve includes both the 75-acre of Brooks Island above the low-tide line and 300 acres of the surrounding bay. The only public access to the island is via an East Bay Regional Park District naturalist tour.
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park
Museum
Photo: E. F. Joseph, Public domain.
Rosie the Riveter World War II Home Front National Historical Park is a United States national historical park located in Richmond, California, near San Francisco.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marina Bay and Point Richmond.
Marina Bay
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Marina Bay, is located in Richmond's protected Richmond Inner Harbor. It was developed in the mid-1980s in an effort to clean up what had been up to that point the defunct World War II-era Kaiser Shipyards.
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 northwest of Point Potrero.
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 2 miles north of Point Potrero.
Point Potrero
- Category: landform
- Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
“Point Potrero” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Point Potrero”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park and Brooks Island Regional Shoreline.
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