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Mount Tamalpais
Mount Tamalpais.jpg
Mt. Tamalpais as seen from Muir Beach Overlook
Highest point
Elevation 2,574 feet (784 metres)
Prominence 2,460 ft (750 m)
Geography
Location Marin County, California, USA
Parent range California Coast Ranges
Topo map USGS San Rafael
Geology
Mountain type Sedimentary
Climbing
First ascent 1830s by Jacob P. Leese
Easiest route Railroad Grade fire trail

Mount Tamalpais ( known locally as "Mount Tam") is a mountain in Marin County, California, United States. It is the highest mountain in the Marin Hills. It is often seen as a symbol of Marin County.

A lot of Mount Tamalpais is on protected public lands such as Mount Tamalpais State Park and the Mount Tamalpais Watershed. The elevation at the East Peak, its second highest point, is 2,572 feet (784 m). The West Peak, the mountain's highest peak, is 2,574 feet (785 m) above sea level.

Images for kids

  • Tamalpais-derangedtaco

    Sunset behind Mount Tamalpais

  • Marin Hills. Bon Tempe Lake and Lake Lagunitas, Mill Vallet, CA

    The north side of Mount Tamalpais

  • SE view of Summit of Mount Tamalpais near Mill Valley, California

    Looking down at Richardson Bay over 2,300 feet (700 m) below

  • Mount tamalpais from berkeley

    From Berkeley, across the bay, after a hot day

  • Fog over Mill Valley near Mt. Tamalpais

    Fog forming and flowing over the marine layer over Mill Valley, California, north of San Francisco, on the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais

  • West of Mount Tam

    Open Douglas-fir/oak woodland/grassland to the west transitioning to a mostly dense Douglas-fir forest to the east

  • Douglas firs near the summit of Mount Tamalpais, Mill Valley, CA

    A stand of Douglas-firs near the summit

  • Mount Tamalpais, CA, 2005

    Dying pine tree near the summit of Mount Tamalpais

  • Western fence lizard

    A western fence lizard, common in the area, near the peak of Mount Tamalpais

  • Tam1855

    1855 watercolor

  • PostcardMillValleyCAwithMountTamalpaisCirca1910

    View from Mill Valley in about 1910, showing "Crookedest Railroad"

  • US Weather Bureau station and tavern Mount Tamalpais circa 1900s

    View of the weather station and tavern circa early 1900s

  • Mt. Tam coastline

    Rocky coastline, Mt. Tamalpais State Park

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