City of Foster City
Foster City is a quiet suburban city on the Peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Primarily residential and lacking in a downtown, it also has a couple of large office parks and several large employers including Gilead, Visa, and Sony.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include San Mateo–Hayward Bridge and Bird Island.
San Mateo–Hayward Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Peter Kaminski, CC BY 2.0.
The San Mateo–Hayward Bridge is a bridge crossing the American state of California's San Francisco Bay, linking the San Francisco Peninsula with the East Bay.
Bird Island
Island
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Bird Island is an island in San Francisco Bay. It is in San Mateo County, California. Its coordinates are, and the United States Geological Survey gave its elevation as 7 ft in 1998. It appears on a 2012 USGS map of the area.
Brewer Island
Island
Brewer Island is an island in the San Francisco Bay, in San Mateo County, California. Originally owned by W. P. A. Brewer, for over one hundred years it was used for hay farming.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Redwood Shores.
Redwood Shores
Hamlet
Photo: BrokenSphere, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Redwood Shores is a waterfront community in Redwood City, California, along the western shore of San Francisco Bay on the San Francisco Peninsula in San Mateo County. Redwood Shores is situated 3½ miles south of City of Foster City.
City of Foster City
- Type: Locality
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.5791° or 37° 34′ 45″ northLongitude
-122.2388° or 122° 14′ 20″ westOpen location code
849VHQH6+MFGeoNames ID
11788784
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