Life on the Tiburon Peninsula
The Tiburon Peninsula lies 6 miles across San Francisco Bay from San Francisco, California. Nestled at the end of this peninsula are the towns of Tiburon and Belvedere, which boast a unique lifestyle, ideal weather and some very interesting people.
Begun as a railroad town shipping freight to San Francisco by ferry until the 1950s, it has transformed into one of the West Coast’s most desirable locations. The rail yard and the cod cannery have given way to gourmet restaurants, yacht clubs and high-end boutiques. In place of the humble, working man’s abodes now stand multi-million dollar homes. And the houseboats in Corinthian Cove have been replaced by ocean-going yachts.
Locals are rabidly loyal to the area, tucked away from freeway traffic, bordered by water with spectacular views of Angel Island, San Francisco, Golden Gate Bridge and Mt. Tamalpais. A small town atmosphere pervades here just a half hour drive to everyone’s favorite city — San Francisco.
Local links
Town of Tiburon’s homepage
Map of Tiburon Peninsula googlemap
Information about Marin County www.co.marin.ca.us
Corinthian Yacht Club www.cyc.org
San Francisco Yacht Club www.sfyc.org
Tiburon Yacht Club www.tyc.org
Tiburon Peninsula Chamber of Commerce tiburonchamber.org
Angel Island Ferry angelislandferry.com
Landmarks Society landmarks-society.org
Tiburon Film Festival www.tiburonfilmfestival.com
The Tiburon Peninsula Soccer League www.tiburonsoccer.org
Belvedere/Tiburon Newcomers beltibnewcomers.org
The Strawberry Recreation District www.strawberry.marin.org
Romberg Tiburon Center for Environmental Studies http://rtc.sfsu.edu
Resources for people with low incomes www.marinhhs.org
Belvedere-Tiburon Library www.bel-tib-lib.org
Reed Union School District (RUSD) — an elementary district serving K-8 in the Southern Marin communities of Belvedere, Tiburon, and a portion of East Corte Madera www.reedschools.org
Reed Schools Foundation www.rsfoundation.com
Airporter times, prices and locations www.marinairporter.com
The Marin Humane Society marinhumanesociety.org
