Bald Hill, Ross
On February 8, 2023, the Marin Open Space Trust (MOST) purchased and then conveyed the 60-acre Bald Hill property to the Marin County Open Space District (MCOSD). The land, which includes Bald Hill’s iconic, scenic summit and the hill’s eastern face, will be permanently protected and accessible to the public for recreational use. The land […]
Gold Hill, San Rafael
Harry A. Barbier Park In December 2022, MOST acquired a 2.6-acre open-space property on San Rafael’s Gold Hill in the Dominican Black Canyon neighborhood. Upon receiving the land as a donation from Dyanne Bailey and Susan McQuaid, MOST transferred it to the City of San Rafael for an addition to Harry A. Barbier Memorial Park. […]
San Geronimo Commons, San Geronimo
In June 2022, MOST acquired a conservation easement from The Trust for Public Land on 135 acres of the San Geronimo Commons. The easement permanently protects land along San Geronimo and Larsen Creeks as wildlife habitats and publicly accessible open space. The protected area does not include the 22 acres around the former golf clubhouse […]
Forever Project MOST Bald Hill Gallery
Bald Hill Spring Lot, San Anselmo and Ross
This five-acre property on the slopes of Bald Hill, highly visible from populated Ross Valley, straddles Ross and San Anselmo. It was once owned by the San Francisco Theological Seminary, and for nearly a century, the property’s spring was used to irrigate the seminary’s landscaping. Seminary Holdings LP, run by brothers Amir Kia and Ali […]
Makin Grade Trail, San Rafael
Oakwood Open Space In 2017 MOST acquired 3.1 wooded acres in Gerstle Park’s hilly neighborhood and transferred the property to the City of San Rafael as an addition to Oakwood Open Space. Local residents Tamra Peters and Bill Carney spearheaded the preservation project and generously underwrote MOST’s $399,000 purchase. The wooded property provides a trail connection […]
Saucelito Creek Wildlife Refuge, Sausalito
In 2016 MOST acquired a conservation easement on a two-acre open-space property in Sausalito’s Nevada Valley neighborhood. Threatened with development over the years, local residents worked with the city to ensure the land’s preservation. The nonprofit Open Space Sausalito acquired the land in 2016 by purchasing a 50-percent interest and receiving a donation of the […]
Sky Ranch, Fairfax and San Anselmo
Bald Hill Open Space Preserve In 2015, MOST purchased the $1.2 million, 16-acre Sky Ranch near Fairfax and San Anselmo and sold it to Marin County Parks at a substantial discount below fair market value. The scenic, hilly property, once an equestrian boarding facility, is now part of the 46-acre Bald Hill Open Space Preserve, […]
Pacheco Valle Meadow, Novato
Pacheco Valle Open Space Preserve MOST successfully completed this preservation project in 2014. The land trust secured an option from Gannett Corporation to buy three highly visible properties near US 101 zoned for light industrial and commercial development. Located in the Pacheco Valle neighborhood, the 16 acres included a meadow bordering Alameda del Prado, a […]
Manzanita Fire Road, San Geronimo Valley
Gary Giacomini Open Space Preseve In 2012 the Marin County Open Space District purchased a 22-acre missing link in the Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve. With the assistance of the San Geronimo Valley Planning Group and San Geronimo Valley Land Trust, MOST raised the $100,000 purchase funding shortfall from many individuals and organizations (the $650,000 […]