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Sunset behind Mount Tamalpais. Mount Tamalpais is the highest peak in the Marin Hills, which are part of the Northern California Coast Ranges.The elevation at the West Peak, where a radar dome currently stands, is between 2,560 feet (780 m) and 2,578 feet (786 m) [10] It stood over 2,600 feet (792 m) before the summit was flattened for the radar dome construction.
Mount Tamalpais State Park is a California state park, located in Marin County, California. The primary feature of the park is the 2,571 feet (784 m) Mount Tamalpais. [1] The park contains mostly redwood and oak forests. The mountain itself covers around 25,000 acres (100 km 2).
For the past three years, 100 motion-activated cameras around Mount Tamalpais have taken almost four million photos in an effort to learn more about the wildlife that lives on and around the mountain.
Share of the Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway dated May 1, 1921. The Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway was a scenic tourist railway operating between Mill Valley and the east peak of Mount Tamalpais in Marin County, California, covering a distance of 8.19 miles (13.18 km), with a 2.88-mile (4.63 km) spur line to the Muir Woods. [1]
In the first two decades the performances were accessed by hiking or riding the winding Mount Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway. [2] The railway was led by businessman Sidney B. Cushing and, in 1933, the Civilian Conservation Corps began construction of a 4,000-seat stone amphitheater that was named the Sidney B. Cushing Memorial Amphitheatre in ...
Mount Tamalpais — a notable peak of the Marin Hills, located in Marin County, California. The San Francisco Bay Area landmark, rising northwest of the Golden Gate , is primarily within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area .
Muir Woods National Monument (/ m jʊər / MURE) is a United States National Monument managed by the National Park Service and named after naturalist John Muir.It is located on Mount Tamalpais near the Pacific coast in southwestern Marin County, California.
Much of Mount Tamalpais is protected within public lands such as Mount Tamalpais State Park and the Mount Tamalpais Watershed. Mount Tamalpais is the highest peak in the Marin Hills, which are part of the Northern California Coast Ranges. The elevation at the East Peak, its highest point, is 2,574 feet (785 m).