Tomales Bay
Tomales Bay is a long, narrow inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County in northern California in the United States.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Bay
- Description: inlet of the Pacific Ocean in Marin County, California, US
- Also known as: “Estero Americano”, “Estero De Tamales”, and “Rio Grande de San Sebasitan”
- Address: CA
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hog Island and Nick’s Cove.
Hog Island
Islet
Photo: Stepheng3, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Hog Island is an island roughly 2 acres in size located approximately 5 mi south of the entrance to Tomales Bay in the West Marin area of Marin County, California.
Nick’s Cove
Restaurant
Photo: Cullen328, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nick's Cove is the site of a long-standing restaurant and vacation camp in Marin County, California. It is on the northeast shore of Tomales Bay 3.25 miles south-southwest of Tomales, at an elevation of 7 feet. Hog Island is in the middle of Tomales Bay, to the west of Nick's Cove, and Point Reyes National Seashore constitutes the western landmass on the opposite side of the bay.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lairds Landing and Marshall.
Lairds Landing
Hamlet
Point Reyes National Seashore is a 71,028-acre park preserve located on the Point Reyes Peninsula in Marin County, California. As a national seashore, it is maintained by the US National Park Service as an important nature preserve.
Marshall
Hamlet
Photo: alex roberts, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marshall is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located on the northeast shore of Tomales Bay 6 mi south of Tomales, at an elevation of 25 ft.
Hamlet
Hamlet
Hamlet is an unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located on the northeast shore of Tomales Bay and the Northwestern Pacific Railroad 3 miles south-southwest of Tomales, at an elevation of 23 feet.
Tomales Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Marin County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.16964° or 38° 10′ 11″ northLongitude
-122.91° or 122° 54′ 36″ westElevation
-7 feet (-2 metres)Open location code
84CV539R+V2OpenStreetMap ID
node 369163941OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Venetian—“Tomales Bay” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Tomales Bay”
- Cebuano: “Tomales Bay”
- Chinese: “托馬雷斯灣”
- Chinese: “托马雷斯湾”
- Dutch: “Tomales Bay”
- French: “baie Tomales”
- French: “Baie Tomales”
- German: “Tomales Bay”
- Japanese: “トマレス湾”
- Russian: “Томалес”
- Spanish: “Bahia de Tomales”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Tomales”
- Spanish: “Bahia Tomales”
- Spanish: “Bahía Tomales”
- Venetian: “Baja Tomales”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Cypress Grove and McDonald.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Livermore Marsh and No Name Beach.
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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 “Tomales Bay”. Photo: Dpalma01, CC BY-SA 3.0.