Name: Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Park
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Location: Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, United States

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1. Berkeley to San Rafel via Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Bike Lane

54.3km

02:32

210m

Intermediate road ride. Good fitness required. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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2. Point Isabel loop — Richmond

53.6km

02:26

150m

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3. University of California Berkeley loop — Richmond

32.2km

01:22

160m

Easy road ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly well-paved surfaces and easy to ride.

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Alex

December 4, 2023

Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Park is a multi-use park for for joggers, windsurfers, kayakers, photographers, picnickers, and dog walkers. Spanning 50 acres, this park was formerly a landfill but underwent a clay-capping operation in the 1980s, transforming it into a secure and environmentally safe public space.

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February 19, 2017

Point Isabel Regional Shoreline in Richmond, California, is an award-winning, multi-use park for joggers, windsurfers, kayakers, photographers, picnickers, and people walking dogs. It has easy access for pedestrians and via bike, public transit, and free car parking. A concession offers food for people and grooming for pets. A longtime community organization and nonprofit, Point Isabel Dog Owners and Friends (PIDO), is active in the maintenance and improvement of the park.

This 50-acre (200,000 m2) park was incorporated into the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) in 1975. As mitigation for the construction of the large United States Postal Service facility on the shoreline, USPS offered to lease what is now Point Isabel Regional Shoreline free of charge to the EBRPD until 2025. The lease came with the condition of free public access. Originally 23 acres, Point Isabel officially added North Point Isabel (sometimes called Battery Point) in 2002 when McLaughlin Eastshore State Park was created. North Point Isabel is across the narrow Hoffman Channel from Point Isabel and accessed via a short footbridge from the Bay Trail.

Both Point Isabel and North Point Isabel, like many parks along the East Bay shoreline, are landfill. For years North Point Isabel was a dumping ground for industrial waste—the "Battery Point" name referred to battery casings—and underwent an intensive cleanup and clay-capping operation in the 1980s, though the toxins lead and zinc continue to be of concern. Park usage has increased exponentially from an estimated 500,000 human visitors in 2000 to more than 1,400,000 last year.

The natural promontory of Point Isabel was named for landowner Víctor Castro's daughter Isabel. During the Gold Rush, the Castros operated a ferry from Point Isabel to send supplies from their ranch to San Francisco. ebparks.org/parks/pt_isabel

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_Isabel_Regional_Shoreline

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Location: Richmond, Contra Costa County, California, United States

Point Isabel Regional Shoreline Park

1. Berkeley to San Rafel via Richmond-San Rafael Bridge Bike Lane

2. Point Isabel loop — Richmond

3. University of California Berkeley loop — Richmond

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