Ted and Kathy Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline

Ted and Kathy Radke Martinez Regional Shoreline stretches along the Carquinez Strait waterfront in Martinez and was renamed in 2016 for Ted Radke, a Park District board member for 36 years, and his wife Kathy, who worked to protect Mount Wanda and Franklin Hills. The City of Martinez runs the eastern side, with group picnic areas, soccer fields, bocce courts, and the four-diamond Joe DiMaggio ballfields, named for the Yankees star who grew up in a Martinez fishing family. The Park District runs the quieter western side, with open lawns, small family picnic areas, ponds and creeks, and nearly three miles of trails through the marsh and along the shore.

The shoreline carries a lot of history. Martinez was a fishing village by 1876, and its Sicilian and Italian fishermen brought bocce, which is still played here on oyster-shell courts; the first Northern California open bocce championship was held at the park in 1979. West of the shoreline, the burned skeleton of the schooner Forester, once among America's fastest ships, has rested in the mudflats since 1935. The Hulet Hornbeck Trail links the park to the John Muir National Historic Site.

Shore anglers 16 and older need a state license and stamps for striped bass, sturgeon, and catfish in the strait; the city-run marina has a launch ramp, fuel dock, and bait shop. Dogs are not allowed in the marsh, duck pond, or interior areas and must be leashed in parking lots. There are no reservable picnic sites.