Tiburon

Tiburon is a small historic town in 's , located across the bay from . Tiburon'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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  • Type: Town with 9,150 residents
  • Description: town in Marin County, California, United States
  • Also known as: Belvedere Tiburon”, “Tiburon, CA”, and “Tiburon, California

Places of Interest

Highlights include Angel Island and Tiburon Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum.

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 .

Museum
The Tiburon Railroad & Ferry Depot Museum is located at 1920 Paradise Drive, on the waterfront of Tiburon, California. It is located in the former San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Station House/Depot, a Greek Revival building erected in 1886 by the San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad.

Library
The is an independent public library serving the communities of Belvedere, Tiburon, and Strawberry, in California and it is operated by The Agency.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sausalito and Belvedere Tiburon.

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.

Village
Belvedere is a residential incorporated city located on the San Francisco Bay in , , United States. Consisting of two islands and a lagoon, it is connected to the by two causeways.

Hamlet
, also known as County Service Area No. 29, is an unincorporated enclave, surrounded by the town of Tiburon in , United States, located 2 miles south of Point San Quentin at an elevation of 23 feet. is situated 2½ miles north of Tiburon.

Tiburon

Latitude
37.8775° or 37° 52′ 39″ north
Longitude
-122.4608° or 122° 27′ 39″ west
Population
9,150
Elevation
13 feet (4 metres)
United Nations Location Code
US XTN
Open location code
849VVGHQ+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 150957262
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
5402535
Wiki­data ID
Q984603
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Tiburon” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: Tiburon
  • Arabic: تيبورون
  • Aragonese: Tiburon
  • Armenian: Տիբուրոն
  • Basque: Tiburon
  • Belarusian: Тыб’юран
  • Bosnian: Tiburon
  • Breton: Tiburon
  • Bulgarian: Тибурон
  • Catalan: Tiburon
  • Cebuano: Tiburon
  • Chechen: Тибурон
  • Chinese: Tiburon
  • Chinese: 蒂伯龙
  • Chinese: 蒂布龙
  • Corsican: Tiburon
  • Croatian: Tiburon, Kalifornija
  • Croatian: Tiburon
  • Czech: Tiburon
  • Danish: Tiburon
  • Dutch: Tiburon (Californië)
  • Dutch: Tiburon
  • Egyptian Arabic: تيبورون, مارين, كاليفورنيا
  • Egyptian Arabic: تيبورون
  • Esperanto: Tiburon
  • Estonian: Tiburon
  • French: Tiburon
  • German: Tiburon
  • Gilaki: تیبورن
  • Greek: Τίμπουρον
  • Haitian: Tiburon, Kalifòni
  • Haitian: Tiburon
  • Hebrew: טיבורון
  • Hungarian: Tiburon
  • Ido: Tiburon
  • Iloko: Tiburon, California
  • Iloko: Tiburon
  • Irish: Tiburon
  • Italian: Tiburon
  • Japanese: ティブロン
  • Korean: 티부론
  • Ladin: Tiburon
  • Latvian: Tiburona
  • Ligurian: Tiburon
  • Lombard: Tiburon
  • Lower Sorbian: Tiburon
  • Luxembourgish: Tiburon
  • Malagasy: Tiburon, Kalifornia
  • Malagasy: Tiburon
  • Mazanderani: تیبورون (کالیفورنیا)
  • Mazanderani: تیبورون
  • Min Nan Chinese: Tiburon
  • Newari: टिब्रन, क्यालिफोर्निया
  • Newari: टिब्रन
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Tiburon
  • Norwegian: Tiburon
  • Occitan (post 1500): Tiburon
  • Papiamento: Tiburon
  • Persian: تیبورون، کالیفرنیا
  • Persian: تیبورون
  • Piemontese: Tiburon
  • Polish: Tiburon
  • Portuguese: Tiburon
  • Quechua: Tiburon
  • Russian: Тибьюрон (Калифорния)
  • Russian: Тибьюрон
  • Sardinian: Tiburon
  • Scots: Tiburon
  • Serbian: Tiberon
  • Serbian: Tiburon
  • Serbian: Тиберон
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tiburon, California
  • Serbo-Croatian: Tiburon
  • Shona: Tiburon
  • Silesian: Tiburon
  • Slovak: Tiburon
  • South Azerbaijani: تیبورون، کالیفورنیا
  • Spanish: Tiburón (California)
  • Spanish: Tiburón
  • Swahili: Tiburon
  • Swedish: Tiburon, Kalifornien
  • Swedish: Tiburon
  • Tagalog: Tiburon, California
  • Tagalog: Tiburon
  • Tatar: Тибурон
  • Turkish: Tiburon, Kaliforniya
  • Turkish: Tiburon
  • Twi: Tiburon
  • Ukrainian: Тібурон
  • Urdu: ٹائبرون، کیلیفورنیا
  • Uzbek: Tiburon
  • Uzbek: Тибурон
  • Venetian: Tiburon
  • Vietnamese: Tiburon, California
  • Vietnamese: Tiburon
  • Volapük: Tiburon
  • Waray (Philippines): Tiburon, California
  • Waray (Philippines): Tiburon
  • Wu Chinese: 蒂伯龙 (加利福尼亚州)
  • Wu Chinese: 蒂伯龙(加利福尼亚州)
  • Xhosa: E-Tiburon
  • Zulu: Tiburon

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