 The Romberg Tiburon Center is San Francisco State University's marine field station located 30 minutes north of San Francisco on the Tiburon Peninsula. The Center is the only academic research facility situated on San Francisco Bay, the largest estuary on the west coast of the United States.
The Center provides students with graduate, undergraduate, and extended learning courses as well as practical experience gained through research conducted in the laboratories of RTC scientists. There are classrooms, a computer lab and a teaching laboratory at the center that will be used for wetlands science courses. In addition some classes will use the centers research vessels and van for field trips in and around SF Bay
The Center also houses the headquaters of the San Francisco Bay Reserve, which is part of a National Estuarine Research Reserve System that provides essential habitat to wildlife, offers educational opportunities, and serves as living laboratories for scientists.. |
How to find RTC
Address:
3153 Paradise Drive
Tiburon, CA 94920
Phone:
415-338-6063
Email:
rtcinfo@sfsu.edu
Website:
www.rtc.sfsu.edu
Map:
Yahoo maps
Directions:
From San Francisco: Take Highway 101 North over the Golden Gate Bridge to the Tiburon/East Blithedale exit. Turn RIGHT onto Tiburon Boulevard.
From San Rafael: Take Highway 101 South to the Tiburon Boulevard exit. Turn LEFT
onto Tiburon Boulevard.
Continue on Tiburon Boulevard to the traffic light at Trestle Glen Boulevard (1.9 miles). Turn LEFT on Trestle Glen Boulevard and follow it to its end (0.6 miles), where it meets Paradise Drive. Turn RIGHT on Paradise Drive and follow it 2.6 miles to the Bay Conference Center (3152 Paradise Drive).
Approximate driving times:
GGBridge to RTC 20 minutes w/o traffic, 101 to center 12 minutes, San Rafael to center 20 minutes w/o traffic |
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