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Marin County in the Bay Area of is a bedroom community across the Golden Gate Bridge to the north of . Affluent Marin County is home to ex-hippies and dot-com millionaires.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Tiburon and Sausalito.

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is a small historic town in 's Marin County, located across the bay from . 's Main Street has been preserved as it was when the town was a Gold Rush train town and lumber yard.

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is a unique and picturesque community, perched on a hillside between the San Francisco Bay and the . Since it's across the Golden Gate Bridge from , it makes a great trip by bike, ferry, bus, or car, for a good meal, a visit to an art studio, and views of the city from across the bay.

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Historically home to one of 's original Spanish missions, is now a mid-sized Bay Area commuter town with beautiful hills, peaceful nature, interesting architecture, and a bustling downtown area centered around 4th Street.

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is a sprawling suburb in Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area of . is in the transition zone between the patchwork of suburban Marin County towns, long oriented towards San Francisco and the bay, and the wineries and pastureland of to the north.

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is a city in Marin County, in the region of the Bay Area of . The city begins in the canyons and ridges at the base of Mount Tamalpais and extends into a broad valley that reaches the Richardson Bay portion of the San Francisco Bay.

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is in Marin County in the Bay Area of . It's bordered on the east side by , and the west side by .

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The "twin cities" of are a pair of towns in Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area of . Larkspur is the main gateway to Marin by ferry, while Corte Madera is known for upscale shopping.

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is a cute little town nestled in the hills of Marin County in the Bay Area of . Though small, it's surprisingly lively and has kept its historic charm.

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is a United States national seashore that is one of the Bay Area's overlooked treasures, with more than 100 square miles of coastal wilderness area.

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is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marin County, , on the west coast of the United States. is located east-southeast of , right across the channel that terminates the bay mouth bar of the . at an elevation of 26 feet.

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is an unincorporated town in Marin County, . 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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is a historic immigration station and military post turned state park in the San Francisco Bay. Sometimes considered the Ellis Island of the west coast, was for decades the first place that many immigrants to the United States arrived, especially coming from .

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The are located in southern Marin County, in the region of the Bay Area of . Part of the , the offer beaches, hiking, history, and spectacular views of the coast.

Marin County

Latitude of center
38.0552° or 38° 3′ 19″ north
Longitude of center
-122.7489° or 122° 44′ 56″ west
Population
252,000
Elevation
495 feet (151 metres)
Geo­Names ID
5370468
Wiki­data ID
Q108117
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Zulu—“Marin County” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Marin County”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة مارين”
  • Arabic: “مقاطعه مارين، كاليفورنيا”
  • Armenian: “Մարին շրջան”
  • Asturian: “condáu de Marin”
  • Asturian: “Marin (condáu)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Marin qraflığı”
  • Basque: “Marin konderria”
  • Basque: “Maringo konderria”
  • Bavarian: “Marin County, Kalifornien”
  • Bavarian: “Marin County”
  • Belarusian: “Марын”
  • Bishnupriya: “মারিন কাউন্টি, ক্যালিফোর্নিয়া”
  • Bishnupriya: “মারিন কাউন্টি”
  • Bosnian: “Okrug Marin”
  • Breton: “Kontelezh Marin”
  • Breton: “Marin County”
  • Bulgarian: “Марин”
  • Catalan: “Comtat de Marin”
  • Cebuano: “Marin County”
  • Chechen: “Марин”
  • Chinese: “Marin Kūn”
  • Chinese: “馬林縣”
  • Chinese: “馬林郡”
  • Chinese: “馬連縣”
  • Chinese: “马林县”
  • Corsican: “Cuntea di Marin”
  • Corsican: “Marin County”
  • Czech: “Marin County”
  • Danish: “Marin County”
  • Dutch: “Marin County”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة مارين, كاليفورنيا”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مقاطعة مارين”
  • Esperanto: “kantono Marin”
  • Esperanto: “Kantono Marin”
  • Esperanto: “Marin County”
  • Estonian: “Marini maakond”
  • Finnish: “Marinin piirikunta”
  • French: “comté de Marin”
  • French: “Comté de Marin”
  • French: “Marin”
  • Galician: “Condado de Marin”
  • Gan Chinese: “馬林縣”
  • Georgian: “მარინის ოლქი”
  • German: “Marin County”
  • Gilaki: “مارین ٚ شأرستان”
  • Greek: “Κομητεία Μαρίν”
  • Hebrew: “מחוז מארין”
  • Hungarian: “Marin megye”
  • Icelandic: “Marin County”
  • Icelandic: “Marin-sýsla”
  • Ido: “Marin County”
  • Iloko: “Kondado Marin, California”
  • Iloko: “Kondado Marin”
  • Indonesian: “County Marin, California”
  • Indonesian: “County Marin”
  • Irish: “Contae Marin, California”
  • Irish: “Contae Marin”
  • Italian: “contea di Marin”
  • Italian: “Contea di Marin”
  • Italian: “Marin County”
  • Japanese: “マリンカウンティ”
  • Japanese: “マリン郡”
  • Korean: “마린군”
  • Latin: “Marin Comitatus”
  • Latvian: “Merinas apgabals”
  • Ligurian: “contêa de Marin”
  • Ligurian: “Contêa de Marin”
  • Limburgan: “Marin County”
  • Lithuanian: “Marino apygarda”
  • Lombard: “Marin County”
  • Low German: “Marin County”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Marin County”
  • Malayalam: “മാരിൻ കൗണ്ടി”
  • Marathi: “मरिन काउंटी, कॅलिफोर्निया”
  • Marathi: “मरिन काउंटी”
  • Mazanderani: “مارین شهرستان (کالیفورنیا)”
  • Mazanderani: “مارین شهرستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Marin Kūn”
  • Northern Frisian: “Marin County”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Marin County”
  • Norwegian: “Marin County”
  • Pampanga: “Marin County, California”
  • Pampanga: “Marin County”
  • Papiamento: “Marin County”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مارین، کالیفرنیا”
  • Persian: “شهرستان مارین”
  • Piemontese: “Marin County”
  • Polish: “Hrabstwo Marin”
  • Portuguese: “Condado de Marin”
  • Portuguese: “Marin”
  • Quechua: “Marin County”
  • Russian: “Марин”
  • Sardinian: “contea de Marin”
  • Sardinian: “Marin County”
  • Scots: “Marin Coonty”
  • Scots: “Marin County”
  • Serbian: “Marin County”
  • Serbian: “Okrug Marin”
  • Serbian: “Марин”
  • Serbian: “Округ Марин”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marin County, California”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Marin County”
  • Shona: “Marin County”
  • Silesian: “Hrabstwo Marin”
  • Slovenian: “Marin County”
  • Slovenian: “Okrožje Marin”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Marin”
  • Spanish: “Condado de Marín”
  • Spanish: “Marin County California”
  • Spanish: “Marin County”
  • Swahili: “Marin County”
  • Swedish: “Marin County”
  • Tagalog: “Kondado ng Marin, California”
  • Tagalog: “Kondado ng Marin”
  • Tagalog: “Marin County”
  • Tagalog: “Marin”
  • Tatar: “Марин (округ, Калифорния)”
  • Tatar: “Марин”
  • Thai: “เทศมณฑลมาริน”
  • Tumbuka: “Marin County, California”
  • Tumbuka: “Marin County”
  • Turkish: “Marin County, CA”
  • Turkish: “Marin County, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Marin County, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Marin County”
  • Turkish: “Marin ilçesi, CA”
  • Turkish: “Marin ilçesi, Calif.”
  • Turkish: “Marin ilçesi, Kaliforniya”
  • Turkish: “Marin ilçesi”
  • Twi: “Marin County”
  • Ukrainian: “Марін”
  • Urdu: “مارین کاؤنٹی، کیلیفورنیا”
  • Venetian: “contea de Marin”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Marin, California”
  • Vietnamese: “Quận Marin”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Marin, California”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Condado han Marin”
  • Welsh: “Marin County, Califfornia”
  • Welsh: “Marin County”
  • Western Panjabi: “مارن کاؤنٹی”
  • Wu Chinese: “马林县 (加利福尼亚州)”
  • Wu Chinese: “马林县（加利福尼亚州）”
  • Xhosa: “E-Marin County”
  • Yue Chinese: “馬連縣”
  • Zulu: “Marin County”
  • “Marin”

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