Sears Point

Sears Point is a prominent landformfact|date=October 2008 jutting into the historic reaches of San Pablo Bay in Sonoma County, California, USA. This hill is the southernmost peak of the Sonoma Mountains and forms the southwestern ridge above Tolay Lake. Starting with European settlement of this area in the mid 1800s considerable modification of the Napa Sonoma Marsh began to occur, such that in contemporary times, there is considerable upland between Sears Point and San Pablo Bay. [ [http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/File.aspx?id=32 Sonoma Land Trust releases Sears Point Wetlands and watershed restoration plan] .] Numerous local conservation organizations are presently working to restore hundreds of acres of these historic tidal wetlands as part of the Sears Point Wetlands and Watershed Restoration Project. [ [http://www.sonomalandtrust.org/File.aspx?id=32 Sonoma Land Trust releases Sears Point Wetlands and watershed restoration plan] ] The region can be accessed via State Route 37 or State Route 121.

ee also

*Coast Miwok
*Infineon Raceway (formerly Sears Point Raceway)
*Tolay Creek

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