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Alviso Slough Bay Trail Bike Ride, w/Closures, 7/16/22 by Ronald Horii
The South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project, Phase 1 is underway. It's a joint project of Valley Water, the State Coastal Conservancy, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The purpose is protect Alviso, North San Jose, and the Regional Wastewater Facility from storm damage and rising seas. The project involves construction work on the levees around the Alviso Ponds. The impact to trail users is that the trails on the Mallard Slough Ponds and the east side of the Alviso Slough ponds will be closed until January of 2024 (see the maps). That means it's not possible to do a complete loop around the Alviso ponds. It is possible to do a long out-and-back trip around the ponds, with a loop at the end. It looks like an "e." It's much longer than doing the normal loop. It would be a very long walk, but manageable as a bike ride. So that's what I did. This shows the route I took.
More links:
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don-edwards-san-francisco-bay
...............................South Bay Shoreline Project: https://www.fws.gov/media/2022-05-20san-francisco-bay-shoreline-projectfact-sheetaccessibilitypdf
............................... The Alviso Slough Loop is part of the San Francisco Bay Trail. Here is the Bay Trail Map (Menlo Park to Alviso): https://mtc.ca.gov/operations/regional-trails-parks/san-francisco-bay-trail/map-numbers/map-6-ravenswood-slough-alviso .............................. The huge protected area around the Alviso Marina is part of the 30,000-acre Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The County Park provides the access point, staging area, and visitor facilities to the Alviso portion of the refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/ .............................. More links: ............................... My pictures of Alviso Marina County Park: http://rhorii.com/#AlvisoMarina .............................. My Bay Trail pictures: http://www.rhorii.com/index.html#baytrail ...............................Alviso Marina County Park: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlvisoMarina.aspx .............................. The retired salt ponds here are part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/pond-complexes/alviso. Information about restoration work on the salt ponds: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/page/current-work. Project maps: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/page/maps.
The South San Francisco Bay Shoreline Project, Phase 1 is underway. It's a joint project of Valley Water, the State Coastal Conservancy, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The purpose is protect Alviso, North San Jose, and the Regional Wastewater Facility from storm damage and rising seas. The project involves construction work on the levees around the Alviso Ponds. The impact to trail users is that the trails on the Mallard Slough Ponds and the east side of the Alviso Slough ponds will be closed until January of 2024 (see the maps). That means it's not possible to do a complete loop around the Alviso ponds. It is possible to do a long out-and-back trip around the ponds, with a loop at the end. It looks like an "e." It's much longer than doing the normal loop. It would be a very long walk, but manageable as a bike ride. So that's what I did. This shows the route I took.
More links:
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don-edwards-san-francisco-bay
...............................South Bay Shoreline Project: https://www.fws.gov/media/2022-05-20san-francisco-bay-shoreline-projectfact-sheetaccessibilitypdf
............................... The Alviso Slough Loop is part of the San Francisco Bay Trail. Here is the Bay Trail Map (Menlo Park to Alviso): https://mtc.ca.gov/operations/regional-trails-parks/san-francisco-bay-trail/map-numbers/map-6-ravenswood-slough-alviso .............................. The huge protected area around the Alviso Marina is part of the 30,000-acre Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge. The County Park provides the access point, staging area, and visitor facilities to the Alviso portion of the refuge: https://www.fws.gov/refuge/don_edwards_san_francisco_bay/ .............................. More links: ............................... My pictures of Alviso Marina County Park: http://rhorii.com/#AlvisoMarina .............................. My Bay Trail pictures: http://www.rhorii.com/index.html#baytrail ...............................Alviso Marina County Park: https://www.sccgov.org/sites/parks/parkfinder/Pages/AlvisoMarina.aspx .............................. The retired salt ponds here are part of the South Bay Salt Pond Restoration Project: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/pond-complexes/alviso. Information about restoration work on the salt ponds: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/page/current-work. Project maps: https://www.southbayrestoration.org/page/maps.
