Mount Tamalpais is found in the heart of Marin County. It has deep canyons and hillsides cloaked with cool redwood forests, oak woodlands, open grasslands and sturdy chaparral. It is the highest peak in Marin hills, which are part of the Northern California Coast Ranges. Because of its elevation and location’s proximity to the ocean and bay, Mount Tamalpais contains many microclimates, ranging from cool and foggy in lower ocean-facing valleys with their redwood forests, to hot and dry on the manzanita slopes, cool and breezy at the summit and shady on the heavily Douglas-fir forested slopes.
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