The Visitor's Center at Mare Island Shoreline
Heritage Preserve has displays about Mare Island's past.
The trail is on paved road, and winds around
to the highest point on Mare Island (Mare Island Hill) at close to
300 feet.
The Mare Island Naval Cemetery is only a short
walk from the Visitor's Center.
A view across the Mare Island Strait to
Vallejo.
You can see buildings from the former Mare
Island Naval Shipyard.
The southern tip of Mare Island with views of
Contra Costa County.
The Carquinez Bridge.
Wild turkeys walking through the preserve.
A bud on Valley gum plant, a California
native.
A
view of the western side
of Mare Island and San Pablo Bay.
A gorgeous sunset.
From time to time, the Preserve hosts a "Mare
Island Aglow" nighttime walk. The "Spirit Ship" is a sculpture
commissioned at the time of the closing of the naval shipyard. It
sits atop Mare Island Hill, and it's all "aglow" in this photo.
