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Marin County Attractions

Don't Miss These Marin County Attractions!

Marin County Attractions are a bit unique. Although it's just a short trip across the Golden Gate Bridge to  Marin County, the Golden Gate Bridge is the last conventional tourist attraction you'll see, once you enter Marin.

These Marin attractions come in super-size only, and they cover a lot of territory:

• Point Reyes National Seashore...
  
• Muir Woods...
  
• Mount Tamalpais...

Even the urban tourist attractions are more area-like or neighborhood than classic:

• The Sausalito area,
  
• The Mill Valley area,
  
• The San Rafael area,
  
• The Belvedere Tiburon area...
  

Come along, explore Marin with us, and see what you prefer - rural or urban (or maybe - like us - it's both)!

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Our Top 11 Marin County Attractions

• Angel Island State Park is often associated with San Francisco, but it's actually a Marin attraction. Popular activities include hiking, biking, and beachcombing.

• Mount Tamalpais, with its Redwood groves and oak woodlands also has a spectacular view from its 2571 foot peak. On a clear day, you can see the Farallon Islands, 25 miles out to sea!

• Point Reyes National Seashore contains 71,028 acres of rocky headlands, expansive sand beaches, open grasslands, brushy hillsides, and forested ridges. Point Reyes Lighthouse is a major Marin attraction!

• The San Andreas Fault in Marin County is a surprise to most people, but much of the fault activity from the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 - epicentered West of the Golden Gate - traveled North, through the Point Reyes area?
  

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Marin County Attractions
Beaches, Boutiques and Boathouses

• Marin's beaches and beach communities are definitely part of the attraction! Beautiful Muir Beach, charming Stinson Beach, mysterious Bolinas across the Bolinas Lagoon, China Camp, Drakes Beach, Kirby Cove, Limantour...

• Picturesque Sausalito, former rail town and shipbuilding center, now with its elegant boutiques and famous houseboats is a popular tourist destination, often at the end of a ferry ride from San Francisco.

• Tiburon and Belvedere, both on Tiburon Peninsula, are almost surrounded by the waters of San Francisco Bay and offer quaint New England style streets with high-end shops and waterfront restaurants with incredible views.

• The Marine Mammal Center rescues sick and injured marine mammals - mostly seals and sea lions - and rehabilitates them for release back into the wild. Take a fascinating tour of their facility at Fort Cronkite.

• The Bay Area Discovery Museum features hands-on art, science, environmental, and media exhibitions designed to nurture childhood creativity. Visit Imagination Playground, Discovery Hall, Lookout Cove, and more.

There you have the top eleven Marin County attractions, but trust me when I say, we've only just scratched the surface of the attractions you'll discover in Marin!

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We'll have more to share with you about Marin attractions in the coming weeks; things like:

• Marin County Beaches
  They're not all in Western Marin!

• Marin County Communities
  From Beach Towns to Inland Empires!

• Marin County Parks and Preserves
  State Parks, Nature Preserves, Marshes and Bogs!

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