Eckley | |
Settlement Type: | Former settlement |
Pushpin Map: | California |
Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in California |
Pushpin Image: | California Locator Map with US.PNG |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Type1: | State |
Subdivision Name1: | California |
Subdivision Type2: | County |
Subdivision Name2: | Contra Costa County |
Coordinates: | 38.0539°N -122.2028°W |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Elevation Ft: | 10 |
Eckley is an area in Contra Costa County, California, which served as a train-ferry landing for crossings of the Carquinez Strait prior to the opening of the Benicia-Martinez railroad bridge. It lay on the Southern Pacific Railroad 4.5miles northwest of Martinez, at an elevation of 10 feet (3 m).
The place's name is in honor of Commodore John L. Eckley who established a yacht harbor at the cove here.