San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds
- Area
- 2.74 km²
- Tonight
- 50°FFair · Wind 3–9 mph WNW
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds is a lake at 2 m above sea level in California, United States, 2.74 km² in area and 3.4 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 2 m
- Length
- 3.4 km
- Shoreline
- 8.3 km
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 8.3 km≈2 h to walk around
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds 3D map
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San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds terrain and contours
5 m contours from the USGS 3DEP 10 m terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds elevation profile
West → east through the centre
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds weather
Tonight · Fair · 50°F (10°C) · Wind 3–9 mph WNW
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds forecast for about 21 m.
- Tonight50°–3–9 mph WNW
- Sat51°66°–2–8 mph W
- Sun53°67°–1–9 mph NNE
- Mon52°64°1%2–16 mph WSW
- Tue52°63°1%2–14 mph WNW
- Wed53°63°1%0–12 mph WSW
- Thu53°62°21%1–14 mph WSW
Forecast data: NOAA National Weather Service, public domain, model run Oct 23, 21:51 UTC.
Camping & parking near San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
1.3 km W
Nearest caravan site
Dumbarton Quarry Campground on the Bay
Nearest campsite
Dairy Glenn
Nearest trailhead
Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve Trail
All mapped places 6
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Parking | 1.3 km W |
| Parking | 1.3 km W |
| Parking | 1.5 km NNE |
| Dumbarton Quarry Campground on the BayCaravan site | 5.8 km NE |
| Dairy GlennCampsite | 6.3 km NNE |
| Palo Alto Baylands Nature Preserve TrailTrailhead | 7.1 km S |
Slope
Share of the 5.4 × 5.4 km view by steepness, from the 10 m model.
Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.1% of the 29 km² view
- Relief in view
- 94 m low point -5 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 2.7 km; 407 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Monarch261
- Least Sandpiper115
- Black-necked Stilt90
- Great Egret66
- Eared Grebe65
- Snowy Egret63
Where San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds sits
- Region
- California152United States932North America1,313
Nearby places
San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Data sources
- Terrain
- U.S. Geological Survey, 3D Elevation Program (public domain)
- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-12)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Protected area
- USGS Gap Analysis Project, PAD-US (public domain)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from NOAA National Weather Service (public domain)