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Sears Point is a prominent landform that juts into the San Pablo Bay in Sonoma County, California, USA. This hill is the southernmost peak of the Sonoma Mountains and forms the southwestern ridge above Tolay Lake. Starting with European settlement of this area in the mid-19th century considerable modification of the Napa Sonoma Marsh began to occur, such that in contemporary times, there is considerable upland between Sears Point and San Pablo Bay.〔(Sonoma Land Trust releases Sears Point Wetlands and watershed restoration plan ).〕 Numerous local conservation organizations are presently working to restore hundreds of acres of these historic tidal wetlands as part of the Sears Point Wetlands and Watershed Restoration Project.〔 The region can be accessed via State Route 37 or State Route 121. Sears Point was named after Franklin Sears, who settled on south of Sonoma in 1851. Later, he partnered with his father-in-law to purchase some , part of which is the present day racetrack, Sonoma Raceway. ==See also== *Coast Miwok *Sonoma Raceway (formerly Sears Point Raceway) *Tolay Creek 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sears Point」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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