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DESCRIPTION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES COUNTY BY COUNTY
Solano County
Solano County's Delta lands lie on the western edge of the Legal Delta covering about 86,000 acres, or approximately 17 percent of the Primary Zone. The land includes property to the east and the west of the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel, and to the west of the western levee of the Yolo Bypass. Islands and tracts in the Primary Zone include: Hastings Tract, Prospect Island, and Ryer Island. Waterways in the County include Barker Slough, Cache Slough, Hastings Cut, Hoss Slough, Lindsey Slough, Sacramento River, and the Sacramento Deep Water Ship Channel. The City of Rio Vista is largely outside the Legal Delta, with a small area in the Primary Zone.
Solano County has three marinas, all privately owned. Two of the marinas qualify as "medium" marinas and the third is a "large" marina. Arrowhead Harbor, on Prospect Island by Miner Slough, has 76 berths, is a "medium" marina (between 50 to 200 berths). Arrowhead also has a launch ramp and picnic facilities. Snug Harbor Resort on Ryer Island by Steamboat Slough is another "medium" marina with 100 berths, a launch ramp, 88 camping sites, picnicking facilities, and a fishing pier. Both of these marinas are within the Primary Zone of the Delta. The County's "large" marina is Delta Marina located in Rio Vista on the Sacramento River out of the Legal Delta, but directly adjacent to the waters of the Primary Zone. Delta Marina includes 275 berths, a launch ramp, 25 RV camping sites, and a pump-out.
There are five launching facilities within Solano County. Three ramps are in the private marinas (see above). Two public ramps are located at Rio Vista Fishing Access in Rio Vista on the Sacramento River and at Sandy Beach Park south of Rio Vista also on the Sacramento River. The public ramps are outside the Legal Delta.
Camping in Solano County is provided at three locations including: Delta Marina, with 25 camping sites; Snug Harbor Resort, with 88 camping sites; and Sandy Beach Park, with 42 camping sites.
Picnic areas are located at several sites in Solano County including: Arrowhead Harbor, Snug Harbor Resort, Rio Vista Fishing Access, Rio Vista Riverbank Fishing Access, Sandy Beach Park, and the Western Railway Museum.
Formal fishing access is provided at Snug Harbor Resort, which is privately owned; at a pier in Sandy Beach Park which is a County Regional Park with camp sites, a trail, picnic sites, and a launch ramp; and at the two fishing sites in Rio Vista: Rio Vista Public Fishing Access and at a pier at the Rio Vista Riverbank Fishing Access.
Trails are located at Sandy Beach Park and at the Nature Conservancy's Jepson Prairie Preserve located on Calhoun Cut near Barker Slough.
There are two private Yacht Clubs in Solano County. One is located outside the boundaries of the Legal Delta in Rio Vista; one is in the Primary Zone on Cache Slough.
The one public park in the Delta area is Sandy Beach Park in Rio Vista on the Sacramento River. This park has 42 campsites, a fishing pier, a scenic trail, picnicking sites, and a launch ramp. The Park is outside the Legal Delta, adjacent to the waters of the Primary Zone.
Two "other" facilities exist in Solano County. One is the Jepson Prairie Preserve, which was recently transferred from Nature Conservancy to the Solano County Farmlands and Open Space Foundation. The Preserve has a trail through its 1,566 acres of vernal pools and grasslands. The other facility is the non-profit Western Railway Museum located at the Rio Vista Junction. This facility offers rail excursions through the Jepson Prairie in wildflower season. The facility also has a museum and picnicking facilities.
The Hastings Island Hunting preserve is a private upland game bird hunting facility occupying most of Hastings Tract, covering approximately 4,700 acres.