The Site- Location

One of the nine Bay Area counties, Marin County is linked to San Francisco by the Golden Gate Bridge and to the East Bay by the Richmond-San Rafael Bridge. It is bordered on the north and northeast by Sonoma County and on the west by the Pacific Ocean. The 521 square miles of Marin offer a wide variety of topography, climate, and vegetation, from the tidal flats of the coastline to the slopes of Mt. Tamalpais rising 2,600 feet above sea level; from the dense stands of redwood and pine to the inland grasslands and exposed rocky areas, and the coastal fogs that temper the warm inland temperatures in summer.

Marin County is a hikers' paradise with 3 national parks, 6 state parks, 16 county open space lands and 7 other parks and open space areas providing over 500 miles of magnificent trails. Forty-two percent of the land is open to the public.
from the Marin County Website and the Marin Trails Website

Driving distances from the Site:
SAN GERONIMO GOLF COURSE: 15 minutes
SAN RAFAEL: 15 minutes
POINT REYES NATIONAL SEASHORE: 20 minutes
STINSON BEACH/MUIR WOODS: 35 minutes
DOWNTOWN SAN FRANCISCO: 45 minutes
SANTA CRUZ BEACH BOARDWALK: 2 hours
MENDOCINO COAST: 2 & 1/2 hours
MONTEREY PENINSULA: 3 hours
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK: 3 1/2 hours
LAKE TAHOE: 4 hours