Point Molate Marsh is a salt marsh on the western shoreline of the San Pablo Peninsula

San Pablo Peninsula

-Overview:The peninsula runs between Castro Cove and Point San Pablo and is dominated by the steep ridges of the Potrero Hills an escarpment that runs along the entire peninsula. The peninsula is largely owned by ChevronTexaco and is used as a safety buffer for security purposes...

 in Richmond, California

Richmond, California

Richmond is a city in western Contra Costa County, California, United States. The city was incorporated on August 7, 1905. It is located in the East Bay, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. It is a residential inner suburb of San Francisco, as well as the site of heavy industry, which has been...

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Overview

The area is environmentally valuable land as it is largely untouched and isolated from nearby urban development. The marsh was once used as a Chinese shrimp camp. It is habitat to important endangered species especially the clapper rail and salt marsh harvest mouse. Harbor seals also make use of the marsh which is on San Francisco Bay. It is located between Point San Pablo and Point Molate.