Hooks Island

Hooks Island is an uninhabited, approximately 36-acre tidal salt marsh island in , in Palo Alto, California, United States. In the 2010s, it was observed to be a home for tens of near-endangered California clapper rails.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Palo Alto Airport of Santa Clara County and Sofia University.

Aerodrome
Photo: Jewbacca, Public domain.
Palo Alto Airport is a general aviation in the city of in , , , near the south end of on the western shore.

University
Photo: Sofiauniversity, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a private for-profit university with two locations in , one in and the other in . It was originally founded as the California Institute of Transpersonal Psychology by Robert Frager and James Fadiman in 1975.

Theater building
Photo: Coolcaesar, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is an outdoor amphitheater located in , in the . The venue has a capacity of 22,500, with 6,500 reserved seats and 16,000 general admission on the lawn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silicon Valley and Palo Alto.

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.
lies in the South Bay and the southern of the San Francisco Bay Area. Once best known for its prune orchards, the area underwent explosive growth with the creation of the high-tech industry in the 1960s.

Photo: King of Hearts, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a bustling suburb in south of the city of . It is adjacent to Stanford University and home to hundreds of technology companies, ranging from VMware and Hewlett-Packard to tiny startups operating in garages.

Town
Photo: LPS.1, CC0.
is a city in , United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of was 30,034. It is situated on the , roughly halfway between the cities of and .

Hooks Island

Latitude
37.4562° or 37° 27′ 22″ north
Longitude
-122.0971° or 122° 5′ 50″ west
Open location code
849VFW43+F5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 124334633
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Wiki­data ID
Q99467022
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Satellite Map

Discover Hooks Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

“Hooks Island” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “胡克斯島”

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