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Point Pinole Regional Shoreline, located on San Pablo Bay near the cities of Richmond, San Pablo and Pinole, California, is part of the East Bay Regional Park District.

Point Pinole opened to the public as parkland in 1973 after the property was acquired from Bethlehem Steel, who owned the land since the early 1960's and purchased it from Atlas Powder Co. According to the park website, Atlas was one of several companies that made gunpowder and dynamite at Point Pinole for almost 100 years.

There are refineries along the bay to the South in Richmond and to the North in Hercules.