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The villages, hills, and coastline of west Marin are best described in pictures, or better yet, a visit in person. This enchanting rural area is indeed a place where time seems to move slowly. The 350,000 acres of west Marin are protected in parks or by County zoning as agricultural land (historically, dairy farms) with development restricted to parcels with minimum sizes of many acres.

West Marin includes Stinson Beach, with its outstanding beachfront community of Sea Drift, Nicasio with its surreal town square and velvet-like grass covered hills, and Inverness stretched along inland Tomales Bay. Your best bet is to let us drive you west on Sir Frances Drake Boulevard to explore this unique area.

Here are the primary villages, from east to west. If you would like more information, please contact Madeline Schaider Real Estate.

Woodacre
San Geronimo
Forest Knolls
Laguinitas
Nicasio
Stinson Beach
Bolinas
Olema
Point Reyes Station
Inverness
Marshall
Tomales
Dillon Beach

Few people live in west Marin, but many people visit the Point Reyes National Sea Shore and Tomales Bay State Park with their beautiful white-sand beaches, dramatic cliffs and ridges, and views from Bodega Bay to San Francisco. This is vacation paradise, but you can also live there in one of the many villages from the western edge of Fairfax to the ocean. You may find the home of your dreams.

For more information on the Internet, see a guide to West Marin.

See our West Marin Photo Gallery.

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