NORTH
RICHMOND SHORELINE
Point Pinole To Wildcat Creek
Also
see the website of North
Richmond Shoreline Open Space Alliance
The
North Richmond Shoreline is
a unique area.
 • Wildcat and San Pablo Creeks - the
two largest creeks in Contra Costa County - flow under the
Bay Trail within 0.6 miles of each other creating large scenic
and biologically productive tidal marshes as they enter San
Pablo Bay south of 2315-acre Point Pinole Regional Shoreline. Protruding
boldly into San Pablo Bay, Point
Pinole Regional Shoreline is the largest shoreline
park in the entire Bay Area.
The
City of Richmond has completed a Class I (off road) Bay Trail
parallel to the Richmond Parkway from Cutting Blvd. near
Point Richmond to Goodrick Ave. south of Point Pinole. This
provides access to the Wildcat Creek Regional Trail connecting
with the Wildcat
Marsh & Landfill Loop Trails.
Click
Here to see a slide show of the April 30, 2011 grand
opening. festivities for the Landfill Loop of the San Francisco
Bay Trail providing public access to the shoreline of San
Pablo Bay and the rich tidal wetlands at the mouths of San
Pablo Creek and Wildcat Creek. In addition to the 2.8-mile
Bay Trail loop, Republic Services has provided a one mile
scenic trail on the upper slopes of the former landfill plus
a 0.2 spur trail along Wildcat Creek’s tidal wetlands.
See
the Video
of a Red Fox on the trail courtesy of Bukay Media.
Four Miles of Gaps To Close.
 Four miles of Bay Trail gaps remain on the north shoreline
as follows referring to the inset map beginning in the south
and working north:
- Parkway/Wildcat Marsh Trail 0.3
- Parkway/Goodrick Ave.
0.3
- Goodrick Ave. 0.4
- Goodrick Ave./Bay View Trail 1.5
- Atlas Rd./Cook’s
Point Trail 0.23
- Atlas Rd./Richmond border 1.3
- Subtotal 4.03
East Bay Regional Park District
(EBRPD) is working to complete Bay Trail connections with Point Pinole
Regional Shoreline as follows:
• Goodrick Ave. to Bay View Trail: Following
community workshops, EBRPD fleshed out design concepts for an
integrated natural habitat restoration and public access plan
on the former Breuner property south of Point Pinole. This includes
pedestrian and bicyclist access to Point Pinole Regional Shoreline
via the Bay Trail. The DEIR for
the Bruener Marsh Restoration and Public Access Project
was published March 9, 2012. The
District has assembled $2 million in grant funds to supplement
$1 million in Measure CC and WW funds for completion of this
expected $8 million project in stages during the 2012 - 2015
period. Click
Here to view the
site plan for the completed project.
 • Atlas
Road Entry to Cook’s
Point Trail: EBRPD expects to
go out for bids in late 2012 to construct a bridge over the
UP rail tracks providing a new
Bay Trail link with Cook’s Point Trail. Construction
will begin in the spring of 2013 and be completed late 2014. After
construction, the City of Richmond will own and maintain the
bridge.
• Atlas Road Entry to Point Wilson in Pinole: EBRPD
is working to formalize several trail easements required to connect
Point Pinole Regional Shoreline with Montalvin Manor and
the City of Pinole.
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