Angel Island: The US's little-known 'Ellis Island of the West' (BBC)
July 22, 2024
By Laura Kiniry
This former quarantine and military station once processed as many as one million immigrants. Now, the picturesque island is one of the San Francisco Bay Area's best urban getaways.
It's hard to beat the views that come with bicycling around Northern California's Angel Island, the largest natural island in San Francisco Bay. As my boyfriend Chris and I pedalled along the island's largely undulating 5.5-mile paved Perimeter Loop, we encountered postcard-worthy vistas around every turn.