Port Chicago
Port Chicago was a town on the southern banks of Suisun Bay, in Contra Costa County, California. It was located 6.5 miles east-northeast of Martinez, at an elevation of 13 feet.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Meteorological station
- Description: human settlement in Contra Costa County, California, United States of America
- Also known as: “Port Chicago, California”
- Neighbors: Concord
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial and North Concord/Martinez station.
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. Port Chicago Naval Magazine National Memorial is situated 1½ miles north of Port Chicago.
North Concord/Martinez station
Metro station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
North Concord/Martinez station is a Bay Area Rapid Transit station located in the Sun Terrace neighborhood of Concord, California, United States. The station serves the northern area of Concord and nearby Martinez. North Concord/Martinez station is situated 2 miles south of Port Chicago.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Clyde and Avon.
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.
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 2½ miles west of Port Chicago.
Nichols
Hamlet
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
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 2½ miles east of Port Chicago.
Port Chicago
- Category: human settlement
- Location: California, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
Discover Port Chicago from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Czech to Urdu—“Port Chicago” goes by many names.
- Czech: “Bay Point”
- Czech: “Port Chicago”
- Dutch: “Port Chicago”
- German: “Port Chicago”
- Japanese: “ポートシカゴ (カリフォルニア州)”
- Romanian: “Port Chicago, California”
- Romanian: “Port Chicago”
- Slovak: “Port Chicago”
- Turkish: “Port Chicago”
- Urdu: “پورٹ شکاگو، کیلیفورنیا”
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