Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline (RMRS) is a

regional park A regional park is an area of land preserved on account of its natural beauty, historic interest, recreational use or other reason, and under the administration of a form of local government. Definition A regional park can be a special park distri ...

on the shoreline of

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in Martinez, located in northern

Contra Costa County ) of the San Francisco Bay , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = United States , subdivision_type1 = State , subdivision_name1 = California , subdivision_type2 ...

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. Formerly known as the Martinez Regional Shoreline, it was renamed on December 6, 2016, in honor of the late Ted Radke and his late wife Kathy Radke."Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline." East Bay Regional Park District.
Accessed August 23, 2017.

Features

The park covers , and is part of the

East Bay Regional Park District The East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) is a special district operating in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, within the East Bay area of the San Francisco Bay Area. It maintains and operates a system of regional parks which ...

(EBRPD) system."Park District Renames Martinez Shoreline for Ted and Kathy Radke." EBRPD Public Affairs. December 16, 2016.
Accessed August 24, 2017. In the eastern section of the park there are group picnic areas, softball fields, bocce ball courts, and soccer fields. In the western section there are open lawns, small family picnic areas, ponds and creeks, and of trails through the marsh and along the shoreline. Near the shore are the remains of

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, a 1900

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. The long

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passes through the park. The

Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline Carquinez Strait Regional Shoreline is a regional park, part of the East Bay Regional Park District system, located in northwestern Contra Costa County, California. Geography The park, which is divided into two sections, that is divided in two s ...

continues to the west along Carquinez Strait, through Port Costa to

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and the

Crockett Hills Regional Park Crockett Hills Regional Park is a regional park in Contra Costa County, California, just south of Crockett. opened to the public in 2006.

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External links

East Bay Regional Park District: official Martinez Regional Shoreline website
East Bay Regional Park District Martinez, California Parks in Contra Costa County, California Carquinez Strait San Francisco Bay Trail Beaches of Contra Costa County, California {{Protected-area-stub

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