Simms Island
Simms Island is a former marsh island in San Francisco Bay. It is in Marin County, California; Its coordinates are, and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 13 ft in 1981.Places of Interest
Highlights include San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and Larkspur station.
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Prison
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County. San Quentin Rehabilitation Center is situated 1½ miles southeast of Simms Island.
Larkspur station
Railway station
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Larkspur station is a Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit station in Larkspur, California. The terminal station opened to revenue service on December 14, 2019. It is located 1⁄3 mile from the Larkspur Landing ferry terminal, across Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
Wood Island
Island
Wood Island is a former island in Marin County, California, formerly in the Corte Madera Creek but now surrounded by land. Its coordinates are, and the United States Geological Survey measured its elevation as 13 ft in 1981.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greenbrae and San Rafael.
Greenbrae
Hamlet
Greenbrae is a small unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located 1.5 miles south-southeast of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 33 feet, and adjacent to U.S. Route 101 at the opening of the Ross Valley.
San Rafael
Photo: Xyrrus, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Historically home to one of California's original Spanish missions, San Rafael is now a mid-sized Bay Area commuter town with beautiful hills, peaceful nature, interesting architecture, and a bustling downtown area centered around 4th Street.
Larkspur
Town
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The "twin cities" of Larkspur and Corte Madera are a pair of towns in Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Larkspur is the main gateway to Marin by ferry, while Corte Madera is known for upscale shopping. Larkspur is situated 2½ miles southwest of Simms Island.
Simms Island
- Type: Island
- Description: former island in Marin County, California, United States
- Categories: former island and landform
- Location: Marin County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.95909° or 37° 57′ 33″ northLongitude
-122.50497° or 122° 30′ 18″ westElevation
82 feet (25 metres)Open location code
849VXF5W+J2GeoNames ID
5396041Wikidata ID
Q106310835
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In Other Languages
“Simms Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Simms Island”
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