, a
Californio ranchero and politician. Castro Point was once the east shore landing for the
Richmond-San Rafael Car and Passenger Ferry that crossed the
San Pablo Bay. The cape is the best launching spot for viewing the seals on the
Castro Rocks underneath the
Richmond-San Rafael Bridge and the cape is largely located in
Point Molate Beach Park in addition to a
Caltrans maintenance facility owned by the state of California. Part of the movie
Magnum Force was filmed here. Scenes 31-36 were mostly filmed at and around Pier 54 in San Francisco, and scene 34 ("Not enough experience", where Dirty Harry and the rookie cop were on motorcycles jumping aircraft carriers) was filmed at Castro Point with the San Rafael Bridge in the background. Only remnants of the piers that the old carriers were docked to still remain. The carriers were the escort carriers
USS Badoeng Strait and the
USS Rabaul. ==Notes==