Pinole

Pinole lies along the eastern shore of San Pablo Bay, where low coastal hills rise behind a settled stretch of the San Francisco Bay Area. Incorporated in 1903, the city grew on land once included in Rancho El Pinole, a Mexican land grant associated with Ignacio Martínez. Its name recalls pinole, a ground-grain food long known in California and Mexico. Old Town Pinole retains a small historic commercial core, while the shoreline places the community between the bay’s tidal edge and Contra Costa County’s inland suburbs. The San Francisco Bay Trail follows portions of the regional waterfront network nearby, linking local access to a much larger circuit around the bay. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of the East Bay connects regionally.

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