Martinez (/mɑːrˈtiːnᵻs/ mar-TEE-niss or /mɑːrˈtiːnɛθ/ mar-TEE-neth; Spanish: Martínez) is a city and the county seat of Contra Costa County, California, United States. The population was 35,824 at the 2010 census. The downtown is notable for its large number of preserved old buildings.
Population: 35,824
Latitude: 38° 01' 9.73" N
Longitude: -122° 08' 2.87" W
Kennedy Grove is a 222 acre regional park located in West Contra Costa County that contains a three-mile hiking trail with an elevation of 760 feet. The Grove features many large eucalyptus trees, picnic areas, volleyball nets, playgrounds, and hors…
KKDV is an Adult Contemporary radio station located in Walnut Creek, California, broadcasting at 92.1 MHz. With the call letters KKDV (Diablo Valley), it broadcasts under the slogan "Diablo Valley's Hometown Station." The station is located in centr…
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at the Bancroft Library, formerly known as the Judah L. Magnes Museum from 1961 until its reopening in 2012, is a museum of Jewish history, art, and culture in Berkeley, California. The museum, which was …
Hookston is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Glen Frazer, formerly known as Frazerville, is an unincorporated farming community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is located 8 miles (13 km) north of Orinda, at an elevation of 295 feet (90 m). It was the name of the train sta…
Four Corners is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Fairmede-Hilltop, more commonly known simply as Hilltop, is a neighborhood located in the northeastern area of Richmond, California.
Dinosaur Hill Park (also known as Dino Hill) is a park in Pleasant Hill, California. Located off Taylor Blvd, the park includes 13 acres (5.3 hectares) of open space, hiking, and scenic views. There is a small parking area accessible only by northbo…
Cordelia Slough is a 10.8-mile-long (17.4 km) tidal watercourse which discharges to the Suisun Slough, which in turn empties into Grizzly Bay in Solano County, California. The Suisun Slough, fed by the Green River and Red Top Creek, provides a produ…
Christie is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad 4 miles (6.4 km) west-southwest of Martinez, at an elevation of 292 feet (89 m).
Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline is a regional park that is part of the East Bay Regional Parks system.
Carquinez Strait Powerline Crossing was the world's first powerline crossing of a large river. It was built in 1901 for a 60 kV powerline operated by Bay Counties Power Company to deliver electric power to Oakland, California. For this a crossing of…
Campus Bay is an 87-acre (350,000 m2) property in the city of Richmond, California located off Interstate 580 (California), and situated between the San Francisco Bay, the Richmond Annex, and Point Isabel neighborhoods.
Beyt Tikkun Synagogue is a Jewish Renewal congregation in the San Francisco Bay Area, United States. It is a loosely-organized unconventional endeavor with a small physical base, that is also described by its founder as a "synagogue-without-walls" t…
Avon, formerly known as Associated and Marsh, is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States.
Alvarado Park (formerly Grand Canyon Park) is a subsection of Wildcat Canyon Regional Park in Richmond, California and is a National Historic Place. It is located at the mouth of Wildcat Canyon is the Alvarado Park section. Between 1909 and 1923, Al…
Alden (also, North Temescal) is a former settlement in Alameda County, California.
Valona is an unincorporated community in Contra Costa County, California, United States. It is located in the bluffs above Crockett, 5.5 miles (9 km) west-northwest of Martinez, at an elevation of 62 feet (19 m). The similar village of Selby is loca…