West Marin

Some of the villages in rural West Marin

West Marin is the largest rural region of Marin County, California.

The West Marin Chamber of Commerce includes seven unincorporated communities in its definition of West Marin: Point Reyes Station, Olema, Stinson Beach, Bolinas, Tomales, Dillon Beach, and Inverness.^[1] West Marin is generally considered to be west of Muir Beach and Nicasio on the Pacific Ocean side of Mount Tamalpais.

The Point Reyes Light is a weekly newspaper covering West Marin, and the website of the Marin Independent Journal has a category for West Marin news.

West Marin landscape

Unlike the rest of the county, which is served by Golden Gate Transit, West Marin is served by Marin Transit, which connects to Golden Gate Transit lines at Marin City and in the San Geronimo Valley.

The Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, active since the 1970s, focuses on environmental issues such as preserving open space and protecting vulnerable species.

The Straus Family Creamery is just north of Marshall.

References

↑ "Welcome to West Marin". Retrieved 2007-12-01.

External links

West Marin

Villages	Bolinas Dillon Beach Dogtown Inverness Inverness Park Lagunitas Marshall Millerton Muir Beach Nicasio Olema Pt. Reyes Station Stinson Beach Tomales

Geography and parks	Audubon Canyon Bolinas Lagoon Bolinas Ridge Bonita Channel Centissima Reef Copper Mine Gulch Drakes Bay Drakes Estero Golden Gate National Recreation Area Gull Rock Pirates Cove Point Reyes Point Reyes National Seashore Kent Island Nicasio Creek Nicasio Reservoir Olema Valley Rancho Punta de los Reyes Sobrante Rodeo Lagoon Rodeo Cove Tennessee Cove Tomales Bay Tomales Bay State Park Tomales Point Sears Rock

Community	Bolinas-Stinson Union School District Highway 1 Marin Organic North Pacific Coast Railroad KWMR The Point Reyes Light Shoreline Unified School District Tomales High School West Marin Citizen

Municipalities and communities of Marin County, California, United States

County seat: San Rafael

Cities and towns	Belvedere Corte Madera Fairfax Larkspur Mill Valley Novato Ross San Anselmo San Rafael Sausalito Tiburon

CDPs	Alto Black Point-Green Point Bolinas Dillon Beach Inverness Kentfield Lagunitas-Forest Knolls Lucas Valley-Marinwood Marin City Muir Beach Nicasio Point Reyes Station San Geronimo Santa Venetia Sleepy Hollow Stinson Beach Strawberry Tamalpais-Homestead Valley Tomales Woodacre

Unincorporated communities	Almonte Bel Marin Keys Belvedere Island Bivalve Black Point Blakes Landing Burdell California Park Cerro Chapman Cypress Grove Dewitt Dogtown El Campo Fallon Five Brooks Forest Knolls Gallinas Greenbrae Hamlet Harbor Point Homestead Valley Ignacio Inverness Park Jewell Kent Woodlands Lagunitas Lairds Landing Las Gallinas Los Ranchitos Lucas Valley Manzanita Marconi Marinwood Marshall McDonald McNears Beach Meadowsweet Millerton Murray Park Nick's Cove Ocean Roar Old Town Olema Paradise Cay Reed Reynolds Sacramento Landing Saint Vincent San Antonio San Quentin Seahaven Shafter Strawberry Manor Tamalpais Valley Tamalpais Valley Junction Tocaloma Vincent Landing Waldo

Ghost towns	Bothin Fairford Forbes Garcia Golf Irving Laverne Locust Machin Mailliard Miller Olumpali Point Reyes Taylorville

Coordinates: 38°0′N 122°45′W / 38.000°N 122.750°W / 38.000; -122.750

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