You are in for truly enjoyable times ahead if you are planning to move to Marin County. Marin County is one of the most beautiful and unique areas in America, and not only promises gorgeous scenery, but also endless open spaces and parks, great shopping, excellent schools, fine restaurants, and that only scratches the surface.
Some of the most sought-after places to live are in Marin County’s southernmost reaches – most of them in direct sight of the spectacular Golden Gate Bridge. A first time visitor to the area was so overwhelmed with the fantastic scenery that his eyes were feasting upon as he drove up US101 that he literally “had to pull off the road.” And he was a jaded advertising man from New York!
Sausalito, with its houseboats and long waterfront, has incredible views of San Francisco. Tiburon, which is just west of Sausalito, not only has phenomenal views of the City; it also has wide-open spaces. The pice de rsistance is the island City of Belvedere, one of the wealthiest municipalities in the United States, which sits between Tiburon to the west and Sausalito to the east.
Situated in Mill Valley, Tamalpais High School – also open to students from Sausalito – was awarded the California Distinguished School Award in 1999, 2005, and 2009 and since 2005, has ranked in the top 5% of American schools. Mill Valley is probably the most sought after area in Marin County for larger families.
The process of relocating to Marin County is made much simpler by easily accessed online information that is available about virtually every aspect of each town that one could wish to know. To illustrate, copy and enter the following URL into your browser window: http://www.city-data.com/city/Mill-Valley-California.html. To learn about Tiburon, Belvedere or Sausalito, simply substitute these places for the Mill Valley part of the URL.
Another exceptional characteristic of Marin is its topographic variety, starting with tidal flats along the shoreline and rising up the craggy 2,600 foot Mt. Tamalpais. Verdant and soaring Redwood groves and the open trails of the Tennessee Valley Trailhead, which is part of the Marin Headlands and the Golden Gate National Recreation Area National Park Service, are ideal places for hikes and horseback riding.
Swimming, boating, fishing are all possible in the San Pablo and San Francisco Bays as well as the Pacific Ocean.
In addition, Marin County is fascinating from a historical viewpoint. Populated by the Miwok Indians during the Gold Rush in the early 1850s, the region became most fully inhabited after the 1906 Earthquake and conflagration that followed in San Francisco, driving many people of different ethnic groups across the Bay to Marin County. Owned by Mexico before the US Mexican War, the region was split up into large ranchos that were granted to Mexicans and Americans who spoke fluent Spanish.
In 1579, famed Sir Francis Drake sailed into a small harbor in western Marin County to repair his ship, The Golden Hind, after a year of marauding along the Mexican coast. While he claimed the surrounding territory for Queen Elizabeth I and England, those claims were never recognized.
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