San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center — Attraction in Fremont

Love spending time here parking is free but sometimes there is no parking so you have to park at the very end which is pretty far in my book if you're planning to stay all day there's a little store and a couple places to get some food just up the road check your Google maps many trails on both sides of the Dumbarton bridge I love spending time there because it's very peaceful and for the most part when you zone out the freeway right behind your head LOL it's actually very quiet especially if you walk off on the trails a good half a mile from the freeway the sound starts to wear down and all you hear is birds and silence thank you for taking the time to read...

Awesome location for hiking / biking in Spring / Winter on a sunny day. Use the Quarry trail to cross over to Coyote hills in the North or head west to continue to the Dumbarton Bridge. There's a bike path the goes all the way across the Bay to the East Palo Alto / Melno Park. If you make it to the top of the bridge, the view of the South Bay and East Bay on a clear day is awesome. Mornings and Evenings are awesome times for good pictures. There may be problem of stench in Summer/Fall during afternoons/late afternoons owing to tremendous heat. Good amount of parking space along/off...

This review is mostly for the trails next to the water. The ecologically nicer marsh trails are close to the Dumbarton bridge and there is associated highway noise. As you walk further south on the newark slough trail the noise disappears but the area becomes more industrial with a pipeline running next to the trail so less enjoyable. There is also an unpleasant salt/algae smell for parts of the newark slough trail. If i had to to it again i d stick to the trails closest to the hill, as walking the entire newark slough was...