Bay Model Visitor Center

One of the coolest things in town, fascinating to both kids and adults, is the Army Corps of Engineers’ primarily solar-powered visitor center. Housed in one of the old (and cold!) Marinship warehouses, it’s a 1.5-acre hydraulic model of San Francisco Bay and the delta region. Self-guided audio tours ($5) take you over and around it as the water flows.

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