Brick Kilns

Brick Kilns is a ruins in Contra Costa, California. Access is restricted and requires permission. Brick Kilns is situated nearby to Brickyard Cove Pond, as well as near the scenic viewpoint False Gun Vista.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Brickyard Cove Pond and Golden State Model Railroad Museum.

Brickyard Cove Pond

Pond

Photo: Wikigirl97, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brickyard Cove Pond is a small lake in the Brickyard Cove District of Richmond, California. It was formed from quarrying of Nicholl's Knob the surrounding hill. Brickyard Cove Pond is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Brick Kilns.

Golden State Model Railroad Museum

Museum

Photo: Richfife, Public domain.

The Golden State Model Railroad Museum is an operating model railroad exhibit located in Point Richmond, California, within the boundary of the Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline park. Golden State Model Railroad Museum is situated 1,700 feet northwest of Brick Kilns.

SS Red Oak Victory

Photo: Leonard G., CC0.

SS Red Oak Victory is a U.S. Victory ship of the Boulder Victory-class cargo ship used in the Second World War. She was preserved to serve as a museum ship in Richmond, California, and is managed by the Richmond Library of History and located near the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historical Park. SS Red Oak Victory is situated 1 mile southeast of Brick Kilns.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Point Richmond and Atchison Village.

Point Richmond

Neighborhood

Point Richmond, also sometimes referred to locally as The Point, is a neighborhood in Richmond, California, United States, near the eastern end of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, between Interstate 580 and the San Francisco Bay.

Atchison Village

Neighborhood

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Atchison Village is a community in Richmond, California which was originally built as housing for defense workers from the Kaiser Shipyards. It lies at an elevation of 13 feet. Atchison Village is situated 1½ miles north of Brick Kilns.

Marina Bay

Neighborhood

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Marina Bay, is located in Richmond's protected Richmond Inner Harbor. It was developed in the mid-1980s in an effort to clean up what had been up to that point the defunct World War II-era Kaiser Shipyards. Marina Bay is situated 2 miles east of Brick Kilns.

Brick Kilns

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Contra Costa, California, United States, North America
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Latitude

37.91199° or 37° 54′ 43″ north

Longitude

-122.37937° or 122° 22′ 46″ west

Open location code

849VWJ6C+Q7

OpenStreetMap ID

way 694768218

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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