Bodega Bay, California

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 unincorporated area / community, CDP - Census Designated Place
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Bodega Bay is a town and a Census Designated Place in Sonoma County, California. Its Population was 1,077 at the 2010 census.
Bodega Bay was discovered by Don Juan Francisco de la Bodega y Quadra while he was exploring the Northern California coastline in 1775.
Located 65 miles north of San Francisco, it was the location of the 1960s Alfred Hitchcock film, "The Birds".
Ocean side tourist town selling kites, seafood, and saltwater taffy.
Built atop the San Andreas Fault Rift Zone, it's a long used port for the commercial fishing industry. The commercial fish market still operates, though most of the town relies on tourists.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bodega_Bay,_California
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Coordinates:   38°19'19"N   123°1'58"W

Comments

  • The Birds was actually filmed in the town of Bodega, a few miles east of here, not Bodega Bay.
  • Actually Hitchcock used both towns; the schoolhouse is in Bodega, the sea scenes and the concluding scene were shot in Bodega Bay
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