3 days ago · Just north of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge, Mount Tamalpais State Park rises majestically from the heart of Marin County. Its deep canyons and sweeping hillsides are cloaked with cool redwood forests, oak woodlands, open grasslands, and sturdy chaparral.

Bridge, Mount Tamalpais State Park rises majestically from the heart of Marin County. Mount Tamalpais captures our attention with its sweeping hillsides cloaked with chaparral-covered ridges, grasslands, and oak woodlands. Deep canyons filled with solemn redwood groves intersect these ridges and slopes to create a diverse environment for a

Mount Tam offers visitors more than 60 miles of hiking trails, connecting to a 200-mile trail system on neighboring public lands. Visit our Park Program page to check out the hikes that the park organizes! Interpretive hikes are led by park docents or staff and are an excellent way to get some outdoor exercise and learn more about the park.

Mount Tamalpais lies just east of the San Andreas Fault near the border of the Pacific and the North American tectonic plates. Pressures at this plate boundary have pushed the mountain (and the rest of the Coast Range) up from Earth’s crust, while erosion has left solid rock exposed in the highest peaks and ridges.

Just north of San Francisco's Golden Gate is Mount Tamalpais State Park. It has redwood groves and oak woodlands with a spectacular view from its 2,571-foot peak. On a clear day, visitors can see the Farallon Islands 25 miles out to sea, the Marin County hills, San Francisco and the bay, hills and cities of the East Bay, and Mount Diablo.

Culturally important to many people, highly adaptable, and an important part of most Mt Tam ecosystems, the "song dog of the west" is an animal worth studying! Discover our PORTS On-Demand programs and K-12 educational resources from Mount Tamalpais State Park below!

Oct 22, 2024 · Watershed and Mount Tamalpais State Park. The burn operation will take place near the Mountain Theater on East Ridgecrest Boulevard, between the Rock Spring trailhead and Quarry parking lot, as early as Wednesday, October 23.

Mount Tamalpais CCC Heritage Adventure Printable tour map (PDF, 2.6 MB) A mountainside natural grassy bowl, surrounded by oak trees, with a spectacular view of the San Francisco Bay and the East Bay hills beyond: this has been the setting for the annual Mountain Play since 1913.

Help Mt. Tamalpais State Park by doing the things you love most: hiking in the beautiful outdoors, while delivering a well-thought guided program to inspire and connect visitors to the natural and cultural resources of the park.

Friends of Mt. Tam is a volunteer organization whose purpose is to promote the conservation, education and interpretation of at Mount Tamalpais State Park in Marin County. The organization's main activities include: * Staffing at the East Peak Visitor Center * Sponsoring interpretive hikes and astronomy programs for the public