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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]
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). There are about 60 miles (97 km) of hiking trails, which are connected to a larger, 200-mile (320 km) network of trails in neighboring public lands. [2]
The stream's headwaters begin on the northern slopes of Mount Tamalpais in the Coast Range and terminate in southeast Tomales Bay, 1.5 miles (2.4 km) northwest of Point Reyes Station, California. [4] Lagunitas Creek feeds several reservoirs on Mt. Tamalpais that supply a major portion of the county's drinking water. [5]
The Corte Madera (aka Ross Valley) Watershed ranges in elevation from sea level to 2,571 feet (784 m) at the East Peak of Mount Tamalpais. The watershed covers 28 square miles (73 km 2) in the southeastern quarter of Marin County and encompasses the towns of Larkspur, Corte Madera, Kentfield, Ross, San Anselmo, and Fairfax. The watershed ...
The Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio watershed drains 6.12 square miles (15.9 km 2) of the southeast and east flanks of Mount Tamalpais. [5] [6] Arroyo Corte Madera del Presidio is joined by 2.3 miles (3.7 km) long Old Mill Creek on the right in Mill Valley. [7]
The Marin Municipal Water District provides clean water to about 190,000 residents and businesses in the central and southern parts of Marin County. The water district controls and protects over 21,000 acres of valuable watershed land. This watershed leads to seven different reservoirs that can be found on Mount Tamalpais and West Marin. [4]
The centerpoint of these hills is the 2,571 foot (784 m) Mount Tamalpais near Mill Valley. The hills are bordered to the north by the Santa Rosa Plain and Laguna de Santa Rosa ; to the east by the San Pablo Bay , the northern arm of San Francisco Bay ; to the south by the Golden Gate Strait ; and to the west by the San Andreas Fault , running ...
Redwood Creek is a mostly perennial stream in Marin County, California. 4.7 miles (7.6 km) long, [2] it drains a 7-square-mile (18 km 2) watershed which includes the Muir Woods National Monument, and reaches the Pacific Ocean north of the Golden Gate at Muir Beach.