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TiburonDowntownPhoto: Rich Shelton · Public domain
A+Outdoors
Outdoors in Tiburon

More than half of Tiburon’s land is conserved: 56%

56% of Tiburon’s land is conserved, about 1,623 acres. 17 miles of mapped trail cross Tiburon, 3.8 per square mile of land. Virtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.

Among the top 1% of U.S. towns · #3 of 847 in California. What drives it

Conserved land
56%
1,623 acres · of 4.5 sq mi of land
Trails
17 mi
3.8 per sq mi of land
Park land
1,038 ac
115 acres per 1,000 residents
Near a park
99%+
of residents within ½ mile
Bike routes
11 mi
1.2 mi lanes · 2.5 mi paths
Highest peak
787 ft
Mount Caroline Livermore

What kind of outdoors town is Tiburon?

Read from the map. The page puts what stands out first.

Land that stays wild56% of the land is conserved; a typical California town, 4%.A trail town3.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, among the top 1% of U.S. towns.Parks close to homeVirtually every resident lives within a half mile of a park.A beach town4 named beaches on the map.
Outdoors grade

How much outdoors does Tiburon have?

On conserved land, trails, park land and how close residents live to a park, Tiburon is among the top 1% of U.S. towns, #3 of 847 in California. All four inputs put Tiburon near the top nationally; conserved land ranks highest.

A+
OutdoorsA character grade: shown, never part of Tiburon’s overall grade.
Conserved land56% of the land · typical CA town 4% · U.S. 4%A+Trails3.8 miles of mapped trail per square mile of land (17 mi) · CA 0.9 · U.S. 0.4A+Park land115 acres of park per 1,000 residents (1,038 acres) · CA 5 · U.S. 13AParks close to homeVirtually all residents within a half mile of a park · CA 91% · U.S. 72%A+
All U.S. towns we grade (21,298)Among the top 1%
LessMore
California towns of 2,500+ (847)#3 of 847

Water is more than half of Tiburon’s area (9 of 13 square miles), so every share here is of land; over land and water together, the conserved share would read 19%.

How sure. Graded on any three of the four inputs instead, the letter would still be A+. Trails and many small parks come from OpenStreetMap, mapped by volunteers, so coverage varies from town to town; the half mile is a straight line from each census block, so a river or highway in the way isn’t counted against it.

PAD-US, OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors), Census 2025 Gazetteer and 2020 blocks; details in Sources below. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →

The map

Conserved land, trails & bike routes

Tap a number to zoom to a park. Tap a layer to hide it.

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Easements protect land from building but are usually private.© OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US
Places to walk

Pick a walk

The longest trail network is Angel Island State Park, with 11.9 miles. Directions go to the nearest trailhead or public parking.

Angel Island State Park

Nature preserve
763 acres11.9 mi of trail
Sunset TrailNorth Ridge TrailPoint Stuart LoopUpper Trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trail signWebsite ↗

Old Saint Hilary's Open Space Preserve

Managed by Marin County Parks
97 acres1.9 mi of trail
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the trailheadWebsite ↗

Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary

Nature preserve
5 acres0.4 mi of trail
No dogs
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗

Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary

Managed by Marin County Sheriff's Department
547 acres
Dog rules not recorded
Directionsto the parking lotWebsite ↗
All 9 parks & preserves
Angel Island State Park763 acres · 11.9 mi of trail
Directions
Old Saint Hilary's Open Space Preserve97 acres · 1.9 mi of trail · Marin County Parks
Directions
Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary5 acres · 0.4 mi of trail
Directions
Blackie's Pasture6 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Shoreline Park2 acres · 0.2 mi of trail
Directions
Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary547 acres · Marin County Sheriff's Department
Directions
McKegney Field13 acres
Ring Mountain Open Space Preserve3 acres · Marin County Parks
Easton Point Open Space Preserve3 acres
Directions
Who protects it

1,623 conserved acres

56% of Tiburon’s land. Water is left out: Tiburon has 4.5 square miles of land and 8.8 of water, so the share counts land only. Who manages Tiburon’s conserved land, from the USGS Protected Areas Database. Approximate, because parcels can overlap.

State parks745 ac
Land trusts & nonprofits538 ac
Town or city248 ac
Regional agency99 ac
County7 ac
State Park · 745 acPrivate Other or Unknown · 409 acPrivate Conservation · 123 acLocal Recreation Area · 109 acLocal Other or Unknown · 104 ac
Good to know

Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors. 1 acre is a conservation easement, usually private land. The walks above are places people visit.

The biggest protected parcels
Parcel (PAD-US)Managed byAcresPublic access
Angel Island State Park
State Park
State parks745Open
Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary
Private Conservation
Land trusts & nonprofits508Closed
Old Saint Hilary's Open Space Preserve
Local Conservation Area
Regional agency96Open
Atkinson Open Space Purchase
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city60Open
Del Madera Subdivision Open Space
Local Recreation Area
Town or city29Open
Eavey Open Space Purchase
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city22Open
Miraflores Subdivision Open Space
Local Recreation Area
Town or city17Open
Blackie's Pasture
Local Other or Unknown
Town or city15Open
Mount Tiburon Subdivision Open Space
Local Recreation Area
Town or city12Open
Reed School District Open Space
Local Recreation Area
Town or city12Open

5 smaller protected places aren’t shown.

Things to do

53 places to go in Tiburon

Beaches, playgrounds, peaks, falls and more. Pick a kind.

Beaches in Tiburon
Bramble Beach
Directions
Perles BeachIn Angel Island State Park
Directions
Quarry Beach
Directions
Sand Springs BeachIn Angel Island State Park
Directions

Plus 14 beaches without a name on the map. Tap “Show all on map” to see them.

Trails & water

9 named trails

Named trails
Open to bikes · 6.0 miHorses · 0.9 miUnpaved · 7.9 mi
Sunset Trail2.1 mi
North Ridge Trail1.9 mi
Cliff edge path0.3 mi
Point Stuart Loop0.3 mi
Shoreline Path0.2 mi
Knoll to Hacienda shortcut path0.2 mi
Upper Trail0.1 mi
Knoll path0.1 mi
Miraflores entrance path0.1 mi
Biking & sports

11 miles of bike routes

Bike lanes are often missing from the map in smaller towns, so that number is likely low.

1.2 mi
painted or protected bike lanes
2.5 mi
off-road bike paths
7.3 mi
shoulders & shared lanes
Angle Island Fire RoadsBike route
5.6 mi
Courts & fields
34Tennis
7Basketball
3Baseball
1Pickleball

Includes school and college facilities, which aren’t always open to the public.

History along the way

5 places on the National Register, one a National Historic Landmark

The country’s official list of places worth saving (National Park Service). The map also marks 17 historic points from OpenStreetMap: plaques, memorials and old buildings.

History →
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Angel Island, U.S. Immigration StationNational Historic Landmark · District · listed 1971
About it
Lyford's Stone TowerBuilding · listed 1976
About it
San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad Station House-DepotBuilding · listed 1995
About it
Benjamin and Hilarita Lyford HouseBuilding · listed 2000
About it
St. Hilary's Mission ChurchBuilding · listed 2020
About it
When to get out

The best walking months in Tiburon: April to August

NOAA’s 1991–2020 normals for the town and the daylight at its latitude. Outlined months have long days, highs of 59 to 86 °F and little rain for the place.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Daylight (h)9.810.711.813.114.214.814.513.612.411.110.19.5
High (°F)565962646670717273706257
Rain (in)5.55.54.01.90.80.20.00.10.11.33.16.0

July is the driest month (under 0.1 in) and September the warmest (highs of 73 °F). 6.0 inches fall in December, the wettest month. The climate in Tiburon →

Next door

Tiburon and its neighbors

Tiburon has the second most mapped trails of the 5 towns around it. Tap a town to see its outdoors.

San Francisco154 miTiburon17 miCorte Madera11 miStrawberry2.6 miBelvedere0.0 mi
TownConserved
of land		Trail mi
per sq mi		Park acres
per 1,000		Near a park
½ mile		Outdoors
Tiburon56%3.811599%+A+
Belvedere64%under 0.1399%+B
Strawberry22%2.02299%+A+
Corte Madera52%3.44099%+A+
San Francisco23%3.3899%+A

The four inputs of the Outdoors grade, from the engine; shares are of land, not water.

Questions about parks and trails in Tiburon

Where can I hike in Tiburon?

The longest trail networks: Angel Island State Park, 11.9 miles; Old Saint Hilary's Open Space Preserve, 1.9 miles; Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary, 0.4 miles. Each one is on the map above, with directions to the nearest trailhead or parking.

How much of Tiburon is conserved land?

56% of its land, against a typical 4% for a California town and 4% nationally (PAD-US). Conserved doesn’t always mean open to visitors: easements are usually private land.

Are dogs allowed on Tiburon’s trails?

Angel Island State Park and Old Saint Hilary's Open Space Preserve don’t have dog rules recorded on the map; check the signs at the trailhead.

Where can I bike in Tiburon?

11 miles of bike routes are on the map: 1.2 of painted or protected lanes, 2.5 of off-road paths and 7.3 of shoulders and shared lanes. Named routes: Angle Island Fire Roads.

Is there public land near Tiburon?

69,812 acres of parks and open public land lie inside Tiburon or within 10 miles of it (PAD-US), 1,038 of them inside the town line.

How much outdoors does Tiburon have?

Among the top 1% of U.S. towns on the Outdoors grade, #3 of 847 in California. The grade combines the share of land that is conserved, miles of mapped trail per square mile of land, park acres per 1,000 residents and the share of residents within a half mile of a park. It’s a character grade, so it isn’t part of the overall grade. How it works.

Trail talk

Conditions, parking and favorite walks from Tiburon neighbors.

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Sources

Where this page comes from

Conserved and public land: USGS Protected Areas Database of the United States (PAD-US), service updated July 2026. Parks, trails, playgrounds, beaches and other places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), map data as of 2026-10-28. Land and water area: Census 2025 Gazetteer. Residents near a park: 2020 Census blocks. National Register: National Park Service. How TownRatings grades the outdoors →