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Mount Tamalpais (((tăm·əl·pī′·əs))) is the highest peak in the Marin Hills, part of the Northern California Coast Ranges. The elevation at the East Peak, its highest point, is 2,571 feet. The West Peak, the mountain's second highest peak where a radar dome currently stands, is 2,560 feet. It stood over 2,600 feet before the summit was flattened for the radar dome construction. Mount Tamalpais (((tăm·əl·pī′·əs))) is clearly visible from the city of San Francisco and the East Bay region. source: Wikipedia
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The majority of the mountain is contained in protected public lands, including Mount Tamalpais (((tăm·əl·pī′·əs))) State Park, Muir Woods National Monument, and the Mount Tamalpais (((tăm·əl·pī′·əs))) Watershed.
Mount Tamalpais (((tăm·əl·pī′·əs))) adjoins the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (which in turn adjoins Point Reyes National Seashore) as well as several Marin County Open Space Preserves. This provides nearly 40 miles of continuous publicly accessible open space. source: Wikipedia
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With its height, various faces, and proximity to the ocean and bay, Mount Tamalpais (((tăm·əl·pī′·əs))) 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 north slopes near Alpine Lake. source: Wikipedia
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