Editing Marin County, California (section)

==Geography==
According to the [[U.S. Census Bureau]], the county has a total area of {{convert|828|sqmi}}, of which {{convert|520|sqmi}} is land and {{convert|308|sqmi}}, comprising 37.2%, is water.<ref name="GR1">{{cite web|url=https://www.census.gov/geographies/reference-files/time-series/geo/gazetteer-files.html|publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]]|access-date=April 23, 2011|date=February 12, 2011|title=US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990}}</ref> It is the fourth-smallest county in California by land area. According to the records at the County [http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/AR/main/index.cfm Assessor-Recorder's Office], as of June 2006, Marin had {{convert|91065|acre|km2|0}} of taxable land, consisting of 79,086 parcels with a total tax basis of $39.8&nbsp;billion. These parcels are divided into the following classifications:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Parcel Type!!Tax ID!!Quantity!!Value
|-
|Vacant||10||6,900||$508.17&nbsp;million
|-
|Single Family Residential||11||61,264||$30.13&nbsp;billion
|-
|Mobile Home||12||210||$7.62&nbsp;million
|-
|House Boat||13||379||$61.83&nbsp;million
|-
|Multi Family Residential||14||1,316||$3,973.51&nbsp;million
|-
|Industrial Unimproved||40||113||$12.24&nbsp;million
|-
|Industrial Improved||41||562||$482.83&nbsp;million
|-
|Commercial Unimproved||50||431||$97.89&nbsp;million
|-
|Commercial Improved||51||7,911||$4.52&nbsp;billion
|}

[[File:GG-bridge-12-2006.jpg|thumb|220px|A view of the Golden Gate Bridge from the Marin Headlands]]
[[File:Bicentennial in San Francisco.JPG|thumb|200px|right|Bicentennial Campground within the [[Golden Gate National Recreation Area]] surrounding the [[San Francisco Bay area]]]]

Geographically, the county forms a large, southward-facing peninsula, with the Pacific Ocean to the west, [[San Pablo Bay]], and [[San Francisco Bay]] to the east, and – across the [[Golden Gate]] – the city of San Francisco to the south. Marin County's northern border is with [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]].

Most of the county's population resides on the eastern side, with a string of communities running along [[U.S. Route 101 in California|U.S. Route 101]] and the San Francisco Bay, from [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]] to [[Tiburon, California|Tiburon]] to [[Corte Madera, California|Corte Madera]] to [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]] and [[Novato, California|Novato]]. The interior contains large areas of agricultural and open space; [[West Marin]], through which [[California State Route 1|State Route 1]] runs alongside the California coast, contains many small unincorporated communities whose economies depend on agriculture and tourism. West Marin has beaches which are popular destinations for surfers and tourists year-round.

Notable features of the shoreline along the [[San Francisco Bay]] include the [[Sausalito]] shoreline, [[Richardson Bay]], the [[Tiburon Peninsula (California)|Tiburon Peninsula]], [[Ring Mountain, California|Ring Mountain]], and [[Triangle Marsh]] at [[Corte Madera, California|Corte Madera]]. Further north lies [[San Quentin State Prison]] along the [[San Rafael, California|San Rafael]] shoreline.

===Adjacent counties===
* [[Sonoma County, California|Sonoma County]] – north
* [[San Francisco]] – south

===National protected areas===
* [[Golden Gate National Recreation Area]] (part)
* [[Marin Islands National Wildlife Refuge]]
* [[Muir Woods National Monument]]
* [[Point Reyes National Seashore]]
* [[San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge]] (part)
* [[Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary]] (part)

===State and local protected areas===
The [[Marin County Department of Parks and Open Space]] manages numerous county parks and open spaces, including [[Stafford Lake County Park]]. The [[Marin Municipal Water District]] has {{cvt|130.|mi}} of trails.

====State parks====
* [[Angel Island State Park]]
* [[China Camp State Park]]
* [[Mount Tamalpais]] State Park
* [[Olompali State Historic Park]]
* [[Samuel P. Taylor State Park]]
* [[Tomales Bay State Park]]

===Marine protected areas===
Like underwater parks, these marine protected areas help conserve ocean wildlife and marine ecosystems:

* [[Estero Americano State Marine Recreational Management Area]]
* [[Estero de San Antonio State Marine Recreational Management Area]]
* [[Point Reyes State Marine Reserve & Point Reyes State Marine Conservation Area]]
* [[Estero de Limantour State Marine Reserve & Drakes Estero State Marine Conservation Area]]
* [[Duxbury Reef State Marine Conservation Area]]