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Highway
1 sneaks over the last coastal ridge west of Mill Valley and descends
like a falling ribbon to Muir Beach, a small hamlet that shares a zip
code with Sausalito but it is more typical of the towns and villages
that dot Highway 1 from there north. (Indeed, the next truly urban area
on the coast road is along the Puget Sound).
The beach at Muir Beach is not vast; well-tended, oceanview homes flank one side while a couple of hundred feet south, trails climb up along the bluffs of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area. The signature business in town is the Pelican Inn, a Tudor-style lodge plus eatery that often has live music and always offers fine imports on tap. About two miles inland lies Muir Woods National Monument, a 550-acre gift to the federal government in 1907 by Marin's prominent Kent family. There's a store and a snack bar but the draw is imposing coast redwoods, Sequoia sempervirens, many of them 20 stories tall and some as old as the Magna Carta. The main groves have been likened to cathedrals but they're more impressive than that; when you're standing in the cool, muffled shadows, it seems that even sound and light have paused to show respect. Muir Woods is open 8 a.m. to dusk. Admission is $2 for adults. The number for more information is (415) 388-2595. |
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| Pelican Inn, an English style country inn and restaurant, captures the spirit of 16th century England's west country. The inn features seven cozy rooms, well-kept gardens, and a restaurant featuring traditional English fare. Just 20 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge, the Pelican Inn offers a lovely representation of the best of the locale, Britain and the world | |
| Real Estate |
| Debra
Allen, Realtor Pacific Union Real Estate 37 Miller Avenue Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415) 380-6137, Fax (415) 380-9310 www.deballen.com www.muirbeach.com |
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| Since 1986, specializing in Southern Marin and Coastal Marin real estate, especially Muir Beach. | |
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