Discovery Bay, CaliforniaDISCOVERY BAY: “Live Where You Play”
If you enjoy boating, fishing, water skiing and windsurfing, you’ll love Discovery Bay! This planned residential and recreational community enjoys the Sacramento River Delta as its backyard. The first homes were built in 1972 on man-made necks of land in order to give every home water access. Built beside dug “bays,” homes have private boat docks with deepwater access to the Delta and beyond. Here you’ll be surrounded by orchards and farmland while living in a fishing and boating paradise. You’ll see blue herons as they fly from the fields to the North and West each evening at dusk to the islands on the lake and may glimpse deer or coyote while driving along Vasco Road into the center of Discovery Bay. Waterways in this resort community teem with ducks, seagulls, cormorants and barn owls.
City of Byron
Discovery Bay is an unincorporated community, and shares a postal address and schools with the nearby City of Byron, which is located south of Discovery Bay. Established in 1878 as a railroad stop, Byron first flourished as an important agricultural town. Here spring blossoms yield a harvest of cherries, apricots, peaches, plums, nectarines, apples and strawberries, plentiful for a long U-pick season. A Fishing and Boating Paradise
Discovery Bay is a fishing and boating paradise! You’ll enjoy boating into the rich waterways of the California Delta where you won’t be far from the glamour and entertainment of some of America’s busiest metropolitan cities. San Francisco and Oakland are a short drive to the west, while the state capitol, Sacramento, is to the northeast. You’ll also be centered among some of the most richly historical agricultural communities in the Delta, close to state parks, trails and museums.
Location
Nourished by the sloughs of the California Delta’s 1000 miles of waterways, Discovery Bay offers easy access to the San Joaquin and Sacramento river systems. This planned recreational community is just 13 miles southeast of Antioch, 5 miles East/South East of Brentwood in East Contra Costa County and only about an hour’s drive from San Francisco. Water, Water, Water
As you drive through the streets of Discovery Bay, you will see joggers, people fishing, water skiing, windsurfing, golfing, playing tennis, and boating. You will see lots of boats! With easy access to the California Delta’s 1,000 miles of waterways, boating is a way of life here. You can travel to just about anywhere right from your Discovery Bay backyard! Most homes have private boat docks in this waterfront community. The Discovery Bay Yacht Club has a membership of 500 people and holds events throughout the year, including the popular Lighted Boat Parade, complete with costume parties, dining and dancing. Swim, Golf, Tennis and Corvettes
You’ll enjoy swimming in an Olympic sized pool at the Discovery Bay Athletic Club, along with tennis courts, and a full gym for building and toning muscles or just working out the day’s tension. The Club features an 18-hole championship golf course, open to amateur golfers who are at least twenty-one years old. A modern marina with about everything you might need is here too! Other events include the Discovery Bay Boat Show, which draws huge crowds, a Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony, D'Ocktoberfest held the first weekend every October and the Corvette Club’s summer fest. Don’t miss out! Services
You’ll enjoy a full range of services and utilities when you live in Discovery Bay. A few providers are the Discovery Bay Disposal Service and Discovery Bay Sewer and Water. Pacific Gas and Electric Company is on call for most of Contra Costa County. Cable is available in the area, too, through Comcast Cable Services.
Education
When you live in Discovery Bay, your children attend classes at schools within the Contra Costa School District. These excellent schools include Discovery Bay School, Timber Point Elementary School, Byron Intermediate School, Excelsior Middle School and Liberty Union High School. Health Care
You’re not far from a full range of medical providers when you “Live Where You Play” in Discovery Bay. Sutter Delta Medical Center is only 15 miles away in Antioch, while Sutter Tracy Community Hospital is in Tracy, only 18 miles from home. Valley Memorial Hospital in Livermore is available to help when needed, and is a short 20 miles from your resort community.
You’ll Love Discovery Bay
Your Brentwood California Real Estate Agent, Eric Harrison can help you find your home in the Delta! Whether you are new to the area or relocating, buying, selling or investing, call today for more information about living a life a comfort and ease in Discovery Bay.
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