Point San Quentin
Point San Quentin is a cape in Marin County, California. Point San Quentin is situated nearby to the hamlet Paradise Cay, as well as near Meadowsweet.Places of Interest
Highlights include San Quentin Rehabilitation Center and Larkspur station.
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center
Prison
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly known as San Quentin State Prison, is a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation state prison for men, located north of San Francisco in the unincorporated place of San Quentin in Marin County.
Larkspur station
Railway station
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Larkspur station is a Sonoma–Marin Area Rail Transit station in Larkspur, California. The terminal station opened to revenue service on December 14, 2019. It is located 1⁄3 mile from the Larkspur Landing ferry terminal, across Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. Larkspur station is situated 2 miles west of Point San Quentin.
Ring Mountain
Peak
Photo: Eric in SF, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ring Mountain is an elevated landform on the Tiburon Peninsula in Marin County, California. This mountain was named for George E. Ring, who served as a Marin County Supervisor from 1895 to 1903. Ring Mountain is situated 2½ miles south of Point San Quentin.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paradise Cay and Greenbrae.
Paradise Cay
Hamlet
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Paradise Cay, also known as County Service Area No. 29, is an unincorporated enclave, surrounded by the town of Tiburon in Marin County, California, United States, located 2 miles south of Point San Quentin at an elevation of 23 feet. Paradise Cay is situated 2 miles south of Point San Quentin.
Greenbrae
Hamlet
Greenbrae is a small unincorporated community in Marin County, California. It is located 1.5 miles south-southeast of downtown San Rafael, at an elevation of 33 feet, and adjacent to U.S. Route 101 at the opening of the Ross Valley. Greenbrae is situated 2½ miles west of Point San Quentin.
Larkspur and Corte Madera
Photo: Brylie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The "twin cities" of Larkspur and Corte Madera are a pair of towns in Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Larkspur is the main gateway to Marin by ferry, while Corte Madera is known for upscale shopping.
Point San Quentin
- Type: Cape
- Also known as: “Punta de Quintin”
- Category: landform
- Location: Marin County, California, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.94354° or 37° 56′ 37″ northLongitude
-122.47942° or 122° 28′ 46″ westElevation
7 feet (2 metres)Open location code
849VWGVC+C6GeoNames ID
5384035
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