2024 Skaggs Island Bike Ride

This is a rare opportunity to tour the 3,300-acre Skaggs Island, a former Naval Communications Site. It is now a part of the San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge and is normally closed to the public. This self-guided bike ride includes a 7-mile loop with a few optional spur trails of 0.3 and 0.5 miles. Feel free to come out and walk the route as well. Great for adults and children! Do dogs or other pets please.

There will be a variety of informational tables about the refuge and our restoration goals, wildlife, and habitats. We are also inviting our partners who support us and help us accomplish our mission. Bring a picnic and come learn about the Wildlife Refuge and how we are addressing climate change through wetland restoration.

Wildlife you might see: deer, fox, coyote, jack rabbit, turkey, great horned owl, white-tailed kite, & other raptors

• What to bring: bicycle/helmet (optional), hat, dress in layers, water, picnic lunch, binoculars, camera, sunscreen
• Portable toilets will be onsite
• Biking surface is mostly unmaintained paved with some gravel sections; Skaggs Island is very flat (no hills)
• Mountain bikes are best, but road bikes, and cruisers should do fine

Skaggs Island Road is located at the flashing yellow light on Highway 37 approximately 5.5 miles west of Mare Island and 3.9 miles East of Sears Point (CA-121). It is accessible from either direction on Highway 37, however, use caution when turning on to Skaggs Island Road or returning onto Highway 37. You will be directed where to park. We will also have the north Skaggs Island gate open for those who want to ride in from Ramal Road.

See Map: https://www.fws.gov/uploadedfiles/skaggsdirections.pdf

Contact Melisa Amato, Refuge Manager

[email protected] or (510) 377-9229

Sponsored by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Host or Publisher San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge