Preston Point

Preston Point is a cape in Solano County, California. Preston Point is situated nearby to the hamlet Avon, as well as near Monsanto.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Roe Island and Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial.

Roe Island

Island

Photo: Dcoetzee, Public domain.

Roe Island is an island in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, 10 km east of Benicia. Its western tip is named Preston Point, and its eastern tip is Gillespie Point.

Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial

Park

The Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial is a memorial dedicated in 1994 recognizing the dead of the Port Chicago disaster, and the critical role played by Port Chicago, California during World War II, in serving as the main facility for the Pacific Theater of Operations.

Ryer Island

Island

Photo: Dcoetzee, Public domain.

Ryer Island is an island in Suisun Bay at the mouth of the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta in Solano County, California, eight miles east-northeast of Benicia. Ryer Island is situated 2 miles northeast of Preston Point.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Avon and Clyde.

Avon

Hamlet

The Marathon Martinez Renewable Fuels Facility is located in the San Francisco Bay Area in an unincorporated area known as Avon, East of Martinez, California. Avon is situated 3 miles southwest of Preston Point.

Clyde

Village

Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Clyde is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 729 at the 2020 census. It is located six miles east of Martinez. Clyde is situated 3 miles south of Preston Point.

Nichols

Hamlet

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Nichols is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad, 5.5 miles west of Pittsburg, at an elevation of 62 feet. Nichols is situated 4 miles southeast of Preston Point.

Preston Point

Type: Cape
Also known as: “Point Green”
Category: landform
Location: Solano County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.07048° or 38° 4′ 14″ north

Longitude

-122.04635° or 122° 2′ 47″ west

Elevation

3 feet (1 metre)

Open location code

84CV3XC3+5F

GeoNames ID

5384884

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