Benicia State Recreation Area, Benicia

Name: Benicia State Recreation Area
Address: 1 State Park Rd, Benicia, 94510-3619, United States
Telephone: +1 707-648-1911

#1 among attractions in Benicia

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Benicia State Recreation Area is a state park unit of California, United States, protecting tidal wetland. It is located in the Solano County city of Benicia, 2 miles west of downtown Benicia and borders Vallejo's Glen Cove neighborhood. The park covers 447 acres of marsh, grassy hillsides and rocky beaches along the narrowest portion of the Carquinez Strait. Southampton Creek and the tidal marsh front Southampton Bay, where the combined waters of the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers approach San Pablo Bay, the northern portion of San Francisco Bay. ()

Established: 1957 (67 years ago)Elevation: 7 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 38°4'25"N, 122°11'35"W

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1 State Park RdBeniciaBenicia 94510-3619 United States

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+1 707-648-1911

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Benicia State Recreation Area – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kong Roller Coaster, Superman: Ultimate Flight, V2: Vertical Velocity, Medusa.

5 miNW
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
Kong Roller Coaster, Vallejo
128 min walk • Kong is an inverted roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom amusement park in Vallejo, California. The Suspended Looping Coaster model was manufactured by Vekoma and first opened to the public as Hangman at Opryland USA on May 1, 1995.
4.9 miNW
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
Superman: Ultimate Flight, Vallejo
126 min walk • Superman: Ultimate Flight is a steel Premier Rides roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. It opened to the public on June 30, 2012. It is not to be confused with Superman: Ultimate Flight, a B&M steel flying roller coaster at three other Six Flags parks.
4.9 miNW
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
V2: Vertical Velocity, Vallejo
126 min walk • The Flash: Vertical Velocity is a steel Inverted Impulse roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. It is California's first and only spiraling Impulse Coaster, built by Intamin and opened on June 8, 2001. It stands 150 ft tall and reaches speeds of up to 65 mph.
5.1 miNW
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
Medusa, Vallejo
131 min walk • Medusa is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, Medusa opened in 2000 as the first floorless roller coaster on the West Coast.
4.9 miNW
Amusement park with wildlife encounters
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom, Vallejo
125 min walk • Six Flags Discovery Kingdom is a 135-acre animal theme park located in Vallejo, California, off of Interstate 80 between San Francisco and Sacramento. The park includes a variety of roller coasters and other amusement rides. Six Flags Discovery Kingdom has been part of the Six Flags chain of amusement parks since 1999.
4.4 miSE
Bridge
Benicia–Martinez Bridge, Martinez
114 min walk • The Benicia–Martinez Bridge refers to three parallel bridges which cross the Carquinez Strait just west of Suisun Bay; the spans link Benicia, California on the north side with Martinez, California on the south.
2.5 miSE
State park, Historical place, Museum
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park, Benicia
63 min walk • Benicia Capitol State Historic Park is a state park in Benicia, California. The park is dedicated to California’s third capitol building, where the California State Legislature convened from February 3, 1853 to February 24, 1854, when they voted to move the state capital to Sacramento.
5 miNW
Amusement, Amusement ride, Amusement park
The Joker, Vallejo
127 min walk • The Joker is a steel roller coaster at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California. The ride opened on May 29, 2016, as a rebuild of former wooden roller coaster Roar, adding a new steel track on top of Roar's wooden support structure.
4 miNW
Concerts and shows, Music venue, Cinema
Empress Theatre, Vallejo
104 min walk • The Empress Theatre is a historical landmark located in downtown Vallejo, California built in 1911. It was re-opened in 2008 after nearly 20 years of disuse following the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake.
5 miSE
Specialty museum, History museum, Museum
Martinez Library, Martinez
127 min walk • Martinez Library is a historic library located in downtown Martinez, California that is part of the Contra Costa County Library system.
3.1 miW
Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Mare Island Light, Vallejo
79 min walk • Mare Island Lighthouse was a lighthouse in California, United States, on the north shore of San Pablo Bay at the entrance to Carquinez Strait, California.