Hayward Regional Shoreline 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 distr ...

located on the shores of the

San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay (Chochenyo language, Chochenyo: 'ommu) is a large tidal estuary in the United States, U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the cities of San Francisco, California, San ...

Hayward, California Hayward is a city located in Alameda County, California, United States, in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area. With a population of 162,954 as of 2020, Hayward is the sixth largest city in the Bay Area, and the third largest in ...

. It is part of the East Bay Regional Parks system. The park extends to the shores of

San Lorenzo San Lorenzo is the Italian and Spanish name for Saint Lawrence, the 3rd-century Christian martyr, and may refer to: Places Argentina * San Lorenzo, Santa Fe * San Lorenzo Department, Chaco * Villa San Lorenzo, town and municipality in Salta P ...

. Part of the park is former commercial salt flats purchased in 1996. A former

landfill A landfill is a site for the disposal of waste materials. It is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of waste with daily, intermediate and final covers only began in the 1940s. In the past, waste was ...

, now capped with soil and plants, is located in the park. The park includes the tidal wetland, Cogswell Marsh, and the Oro Loma Marsh (constructed in 1997). Located to the south of the park is the

Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center The Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center is a natural history and ecology interpretive center, interpretive nature center located in Hayward, California. It is directly adjacent to the north side of California State Route 92, Highway 92 as it ap ...

, which provides information on the Bay shore habitats. The

San Francisco Bay Trail The San Francisco Bay Trail is a bicycle and pedestrian trail that when finished will allow continuous travel around the shoreline of San Francisco Bay. As of 2020, of the trail have been completed. When finished, the trail will be over of pa ...

runs through the park, which connects the park with

San Lorenzo Creek San Lorenzo Creek () is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed March 15, 2011 year-round natural stream flowing through Hayward, California and other neighboring unincorporate ...

References

External links

Hayward Regional Shoreline official web page

at the

Project website East Bay Regional Park District Parks in Hayward, California San Francisco Bay Trail Former landfills in California {{California-protected-area-stub