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Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Fremont

Wander wooden bridges over restored salt marshes where endangered Ridgway's rails hide and migratory birds fill the skies. This 30,000-acre refuge delivers that rarest Bay Area gift: open space where you can walk for miles without seeing another soul.

Urban wildlife refuge
Birdwatcher's paradise
Sunset photography spot
Easy flat trails

Tips

🔭bring binoculars for shorebird close-ups
🚶"didn't see anything but birds not a person around for miles"
🐕no dogs allowed on Bair Island trail

Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

2 Marshlands Rd, Fremont, CA 94555, USA

Upcoming at Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Sunday, Jun 21
Junior Rangers at the Refuge: Snowy Plover Party!

Junior Rangers at the Refuge: Snowy Plover Party!

June 21 at 10:30am

Earn your Junior Ranger badge while exploring the Don Edwards SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge. Kids and families wander easy trails, spot shorebirds and ducks, and learn what this wetland habitat looked like centuries ago.