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Bolinas

Bolinas is an unincorporated town in , . It has long been a counterculture enclave and has, in the past, been the home of several famous people such as musicians Grace Slick and Paul Kantner, and writer Richard Brautigan.
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  • Type: Hamlet with 1,620 residents
  • Description: census-designated place in Marin County, California, United States
  • Also known as: “Ballenas”, “Baulenas”, “Baulings”, “Bawlines”, “Bolinas, CA”, and “Bolinas, California”
  • Postal code: 94924

Places of Interest

Highlights include Kent Island and Agate Beach.

Islet
Photo: Stepheng3, Public domain.
is a small island in . In 1964, it was proposed for large-scale development including a hotel and marina, but the plan was defeated in 1967. The island is now included in the Greater Farallones National Marine Sanctuary.

Beach
Photo: Kognos, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historic site
Photo: Lleppink, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The , on Mesa Road in Bolinas, , was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. is situated 2 miles west of Bolinas.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Stinson Beach.

Photo: Mark Doliner, CC BY 2.0.
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in , , on the west coast of the United States. is located east-southeast of Bolinas, right across the channel that terminates the bay mouth bar of the . at an elevation of 26 feet.

Bolinas

Latitude
37.9094° or 37° 54′ 34″ north
Longitude
-122.6864° or 122° 41′ 11″ west
Population
1,620
Elevation
36 feet (11 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US B27
Open location code
849VW857+PF
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150969386
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
5329830
Wiki­data ID
Q2686131
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Volapük—“Bolinas” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بوليناس”
  • Armenian: “Բոլինաս, Կալիֆորնիա”
  • Armenian: “Բոլինաս”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bolinas”
  • Basque: “Bolinas”
  • Bulgarian: “Болинас”
  • Catalan: “Bolinas”
  • Cebuano: “Bolinas”
  • Chechen: “Болинас”
  • Chinese: “Bolinas”
  • Chinese: “博利納斯”
  • Chinese: “波利納斯”
  • Croatian: “Bolinas”
  • Czech: “Bolinas”
  • Danish: “Bolinas”
  • Dutch: “Bolinas”
  • French: “Bolinas”
  • German: “Bolinas”
  • Gilaki: “بولیناس”
  • Hebrew: “בולינס”
  • Irish: “Bolinas”
  • Italian: “Bolinas”
  • Ladin: “Bolinas”
  • Malagasy: “Bolinas, Kalifornia”
  • Malagasy: “Bolinas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bolinas”
  • Newari: “बोलिनास (क्यालिफोर्निया)”
  • Newari: “बोलिनास, क्यालिफोर्निया”
  • Newari: “बोलिनास”
  • Persian: “بولیناس، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “بولیناس”
  • Polish: “Bolinas”
  • Portuguese: “Bolinas”
  • Serbian: “Болинас”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bolinas, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Bolinas”
  • Slovak: “Bolinas”
  • South Azerbaijani: “بولیناس، کالیفورنیا”
  • Spanish: “Bolinas (California)”
  • Spanish: “Bolinas”
  • Swedish: “Bolinas”
  • Tatar: “Болинас”
  • Turkish: “Bolinas”
  • Ukrainian: “Болінас”
  • Volapük: “Bolinas”

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