San Rafael Bay - Wikipedia

San Rafael Bay. Areas shown include the San Rafael rock quarry, Peacock Gap Golf and Country Club (right center), China Camp State Park (right rear) on Point San Pedro, along with the city of San Rafael (behind the point), and Marin Islands (left rear).

37°57′50″N 122°28′39″W / 37.96389°N 122.47750°W / 37.96389; -122.47750^[1]

San Rafael Bay is an embayment of San Pablo Bay, located in Marin County and the northern San Francisco Bay Area, California.^[2]

Geography

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San Pablo Bay is the northern bay section of the larger San Francisco Bay, in the North Bay region.

San Rafael Bay is located along the Marin County coast, adjacent to the City of San Rafael.^[2]

The Marin Islands are within bay. The river mouth and estuary of San Rafael Creek is located at its shoreline.^[2]

References

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^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Rafael Bay
^ ^a ^b ^c TopoQuest map, USGS, retrieved July 6, 2008

v t e San Francisco Bay watershed
Outline	Hydrography Ecology List of tributaries List of lakes
Subdivisions	Major San Francisco Bay Suisun Bay San Pablo Bay Minor Golden Gate Grizzly Bay Richardson Bay San Rafael Bay Richmond Inner Harbor San Leandro Bay Former Yerba Buena Cove Mission Bay
Waterways	Rivers San Joaquin Sacramento Napa Guadalupe Petaluma Creeks (discharging into the Bay) Alameda Baxter Cerrito Codornices Coyote (Santa Clara) Coyote (Marin) San Leandro San Lorenzo Schoolhouse Temescal Sausal Redwood San Mateo Sonoma Corte Madera Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio San Rafael Miller Novato Tolay San Francisquito Pacheco Alhambra Adobe Rodeo Refugio Pinole Garrity Rheem Karlson San Pablo Castro Wildcat Fluvius Innominatus Marin (Alameda County) Strawberry Easton Mission Creek Reservoirs Calaveras Reservoir Lafayette Reservoir Straits and estuaries Clifton Court Forebay Carquinez Strait Oakland Estuary Raccoon Strait Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta Stockton Deepwater Shipping Channel Watersheds Laguna Creek Watershed Guadalupe watershed
Parks and protected areas	Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Eden Landing Ecological Reserve Hayward Regional Shoreline Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center Crown Memorial State Beach McLaughlin Eastshore State Park Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve Point Isabel Regional Shoreline César Chávez Park Brooks Island Regional Preserve Point Pinole Regional Shoreline Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge Coyote Point Recreation Area Middle Harbor Shoreline Park National Estuarine Research Reserve China Camp State Park San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park SF Bay Trail Oyster Bay Regional Shoreline Big Break Regional Shoreline Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve
Islands and peninsulas	Major islands Alameda Alcatraz Angel Treasure Island Yerba Buena Minor Brooks Bair Bay Farm Belvedere Brother Castro Rocks Coast Guard Greco Hooks Island Mare Red Rock The Sisters Marin Islands Roe Ryer Seal Islands Peninsulas/infill Albany Bulb Brisbane Baylands Point Isabel Foster City Fleming Point Hunters Point Sierra Point Steamboat Point
Wetlands	Baylands Belmont Chelsea Cordelia Crissy Field Hoffman Meeker Mowry Napa Sonoma Point Molate Salt ponds Seal Stege Steinberger Suisun Westpoint
Bridges and tubes	Bridges San Francisco–Oakland Eastern span replacement Richmond–San Rafael San Mateo–Hayward Dumbarton Dumbarton Rail Bridge (inactive) Golden Gate Benicia–Martinez Antioch Carquinez Leimert Park Street Fruitvale High Street Bay Farm Island Tubes Posey/Webster Street Transbay
Ferries	Angel Island–Tiburon Ferry Blue & Gold Fleet Golden Gate Ferry San Francisco Bay Ferry (WETA)
Ports and marinas	Port of San Francisco Oakland Seaport Port of Richmond Hunters Point Naval Shipyard Mare Island Naval Shipyard Port of Redwood City Berkeley Marina Oyster Point Marina/Park Westpoint Harbor Foster City Marina (proposed)
Other	History Delta and Dawn Discovery Site Humphrey the Whale San Leandro Oyster Beds Richmond Shipyards U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Bay Model Harold Gilliam Marincello Ecology Golden Gate Biosphere Reserve Cosco Busan oil spill Thicktail chub Delta smelt Conservation and Development Commission The Watershed Project Save The Bay Citizens for East Shore Parks Friends of Five Creeks Urban Creeks Council 1971 oil spill Greenbelt Alliance The Bay Institute Reber Plan San Francisco Baykeeper San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science Estuary Partnership Transportation Water Trail Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area
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v t e North Bay
Counties	Marin Napa Solano Sonoma
Major cities	Santa Rosa
Cities and towns 100k-200k	Fairfield Vacaville Vallejo
Cities and towns 25k-100k	Benicia Rohnert Park Napa Novato Petaluma San Rafael Suisun City Windsor
Cities and towns 10k-25k	American Canyon Dixon Healdsburg Larkspur Mill Valley San Anselmo Sonoma Tamalpais-Homestead Valley
Cities and towns under 10k	Belvedere Black Point-Green Point Bodega Bay Bolinas Boyes Hot Springs Calistoga Cloverdale Corte Madera Cotati Deer Park Dillon Beach Eldridge Elmira El Verano Fairfax Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente Forestville Fulton Geyserville Glen Ellen Graton Guerneville Inverness Kentfield Kenwood Lagunitas-Forest Knolls Larkfield-Wikiup Lucas Valley-Marinwood Marin City Monte Rio Muir Beach Occidental Penngrove Point Reyes Station Rio Vista Roseland Ross San Geronimo Santa Venetia Sausalito Sea Ranch Sebastopol St. Helena Stinson Beach Strawberry Temelec Tiburon Tomales Woodacre Yountville

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