Hayward: TVE09 - SR-92 : Just East Of San Mateo Bridge Toll Plaza
Few places in the East Bay have a history as closely tied to San Francisco Bay as Hayward. The city occupies the bay’s eastern margin, where tidal marshes and former salt ponds meet an urban plain before the East Bay Hills rise inland. The Hayward Fault runs through the city, a defining part of its physical setting. Long before modern development, this shoreline formed part of the homeland of Ohlone peoples; later, Hayward grew from an agricultural settlement named for William Dutton Hayward. The Hayward Japanese Gardens, created in the 1980s, provide a cultural counterpoint to its residential and industrial districts. Bayland trails and wetlands trace the shifting boundary between city and estuary.
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The landscape around Hayward is a Mediterranean-climate bay plain rising toward the East Bay hills, which has shaped both the urban form and local economy. On the eastern side of San Francisco Bay, the city developed as a transport and commercial centre between Oakland and San Jose. The active Hayward Fault runs through the community, while the hills above town are home to California State University, East Bay. Downtown includes the Hayward Japanese Gardens, designed by landscape architect Ken Nakajima and maintained as a public park. Explore nearby locations that provide complementary perspectives on Hayward and the East Bay.
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