Point Potrero Pond, Richmond

#12 among attractions in Richmond

Nature, Natural attraction, Lake

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Potrero Hills Pond is a small lake in Richmond, California. It was formed from quarrying of hills near Potrero Hills at the Blake Brothers Quarry. It is fed by underground springs. It is now polluted and surrounded by a Chevron Richmond Refinery tank farm. ()

Elevation: 66 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 37°56'3"N, 122°24'11"W

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Richmond United States

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Point Potrero Pond – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: The Plunge, Point Richmond Historic District, The Masquers Playhouse, Keller Beach.

1.2 miSE
Watersports, Historical place, Swimming pool
The Plunge, Richmond
32 min walk • The Richmond Municipal Natatorium, commonly known as The Plunge or The Richmond Plunge, is a historic swim center in the Point Richmond neighborhood of Richmond, California. It was closed in August 2001 for seismic retrofitting and reopened in August 2010. It now is back to a regular schedule.
1.1 miSE
Neighbourhood
Point Richmond Historic District, Richmond
29 min walk • The Point Richmond Historic District is the downtown area of Point Richmond in Richmond, California, and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
1.1 miSE
Concerts and shows, Theater
The Masquers Playhouse, Richmond
29 min walk • The Masquers Playhouse is an 89-seat community theatre in Point Richmond in Contra Costa County, California. It is home to the Masquers, a local performing group that has been in production since 1955. Their first play at the playhouse was The Happiest Millionaire in March 1960.
1.3 miSE
Beach
Keller Beach, Richmond
33 min walk • Miller/Knox Regional Shoreline is a 295-acre bayside park near the Brickyard Cove neighborhood of the Point Richmond District in Richmond, California.
1.2 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Potrero Hills, Richmond
32 min walk • The Potrero Hills also known as the Potrero Ridge and Point Molate Hills is a chaparral and forested escarpment that crests northwest to southeast along the San Pablo Peninsula in Richmond, California.
1.2 miNW
Beach
Point Molate Beach Park, Richmond
32 min walk • Point Molate Beach Park is a city-owned park in Richmond, California, accessible only via a narrow road from the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge toll plaza exit "Western Drive", and separate from the rest of the city.
1 miSE
Neighbourhood
Point Richmond, Richmond
27 min walk • Point Richmond, also sometimes referred to locally as The Point, is a neighborhood in Richmond, California, United States, near the eastern end of the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge, between Interstate 580 and the San Francisco Bay.