Opening Alameda Point
Providing public access along a forgotten shoreline.
Alameda Point
was identified as a potential future parkland in the East Bay Regional Park District's 2013 Master Plan and is one of the priority areas identified in the recently completed San Francisco Bay Trail Risk Assessment and Adaptation Prioritization Plan (RAAPP) which reimagines restoration and public access along the East Bay shoreline.
Future parks and open spaces along the Alameda Point shoreline will provide public access and a broad range of community benefits which the East Bay Regional Park District will seek to continue developing through a community engagement process. For many years, the community vision has been to open the full shoreline around Alameda Point to provide season Bay Trail access that complements the habitat restoration goals on the island. The seasonal trail at Alameda Point creates opportunities for visitors, including veterans, residents, and visitors, to access multiple health benefits and educational resources across the site.
A Regional Amenity
The decommissioning of Alameda's Naval Air Station in 1997 created the opportunity for new uses of the space to serve the city and region.
For the last two decades, multiple stakeholders have been working together to:
- Provide a mix of housing types for all incomes
- Generate thousands of jobs
- Preserve historic buildings
- Protect sensitive bird habitat, and
- Create unparalleled shoreline park and open space opportunities
The East Bay Regional Park District has been working with the City of Alameda, US Navy, VA, and Fish & Wildlife Service to provide public access to the shoreline. The open space vision proposes a regional park, referred to as the Northwest Territories, and a city park, known as De-Pave Park in the southeast corner.
These two year-round amenities will be connected by the Southwest Seasonal Bay Trail open to the public from September to April when the protected Least Tern population is not nesting.
Least Tern
Alameda Point
Regional Park: Northwest Territories
The Northwest Territories will be a regional park that supports a range of ecological diversity and provides year-round public access to the shoreline
Regional Park: Northwest Territories vision
Veterans Affairs: Clinic & Columbarium
The VA Clinic & Columbarium will provide a greater range of veteran services to the Bay Area.
City of Alameda: Regional Sports Complex
The regional sports complex will be a multi-use facility for Alameda residents.
City of Alameda: Adaptive Reuse Area
The adaptative reuse area will create a compact, transit oriented, mixed-use urban core that will leverage the unique character and existing assets of the area.
City of Alameda: Waterfront Park
This historic area will have infill development compatible with the Naval Air Station Alameda Historic District and features a distinctive waterfront park as a regional attraction.
City of Alameda: De-Pave Park
De-Pave Park will transform the paved tarmac into a thriving ecological park that adapts to sea level rise inundating over time to create tidal wetlands and wildlife habitat.
Why is the Southwest Bay Trail Seasonal?
Alameda Point is home to a colony of Least Terns, an endangered species whose nesting season lasts from April to August.
The seasonal trail offers an opportunity to learn about the special species during non-nesting season.
About the East Bay Regional Park District
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The East Bay Regional Park District preserves a rich heritage of natural and cultural resources and provides open space, parks, trails, safe and healthful recreation, and environmental education. The system comprises nearly 125,000 acres in 73 parks, including over 1,250 miles of trails and 55 miles of shoreline in Alameda and Contra Costa counties to the east of San Fransico. The Park District envisions an extraordinary and well-managed system of open space parkland, which will forever provide the opportunity for a growing and diverse community to experience nature nearby.
