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Learn about the refuge's location, activities, wildlife, and conservation efforts. The refuge protects migratory birds, wetland habitat, and endangered species along San Pablo Bay in northern California.
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The San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge lies along the north shore of San Pablo Bay in Sonoma, Solano, and Napa Counties in northern California. The refuge includes open bay/tidal marsh, mud flats, and seasonal and managed wetland habitats.
Learn about the waterfowl hunting dates, regulations, permit requirements, and access points on the Refuge. Hunting is allowed on 10,216 acres in the open waters and two units of the Refuge, except for some closed areas and no hunting zones.
- Tolay Creek/Lower Tubbs
- Cullinan Ranch
- Sears Point
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The longest and most interesting of the trails in the refuge, the 8.1-mile Tolay Creek/Lower Tubbs Trail is flat and graded, perfect for easy hiking through truly beautiful landscapes. On clear days you can see the surrounding mountains of Marin County, the East Bay, and Sonoma, and possibly even the bridges of San Francisco. The trailhead and a sm...
Once part of former 1,500-acre oat hay ranch in the 1800s, the 1.3-mile Cullinan Ranch Trail now meanders through an extensive tidal marsh restoration project. The parking lot is 3.4 miles west of Mare Island on Highway 37. From there, the trail heads north until you reach South Slough, offering views of Cullinan Ranch to the east and a pond to the...
The parking lot at 7699 Reclamation Road offers access to four trails: 1. Sears Point Trail(1.3 miles) leads to the headquarters of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge, with views of oat hay fields that create seasonal wetlands in the wet months. 2. Eliot Trail (2.5 miles) is one of the newest sections of the San Francisco Bay Trail, a plann...
Just north of the Refuge on Arnold Drive, you’ll see Sonoma Raceway, a year-round motorsports complex with events scheduled a majority of the year. If you’d like to do a little wine-tasting after your hike(s), head just a bit further north to two fabulous Carneros AVA wineries, Ram’s Gate Winery and Viansa Sonoma. To discover other great area hikes...
- 2100 Sears Point Road, Sonoma, CA 95476
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge is a 13,190-acre (53.4 km 2) National Wildlife Refuge in California established in 1970. It extends along the northern shore of San Pablo Bay, from the mouth of the Petaluma River, to Tolay Creek, Sonoma Creek, and ending at Mare Island.
San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge. (510) 377-9229. 2100 Sears Point Road Sonoma, CA 95476. If you are visiting our office, the physical address is 2100 Sears Point Road, Sonoma CA 95476. You can use this address to navigate to our office located off of Highway 37 between Lakeville Hwy and SR121.
The approximately 11,000-acre San Pablo Bay Wildlife Area includes tidal marshes and sloughs, tidal mudflats, shallow water, and other lowland wildlife habitat. The floristics are typically estuarine with cordgrass and pickleweed predominating throughout the lower zonation. The marsh-mudflat-slough complex is an important feeding and nursery ...
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