King Mountain, Larkspur
Photo used with permission: ©Lunghi Studio King Mountain Open Space Preserve The 161-acre wooded top of King Mountain including a popular loop trail and spectacular views of San Francisco Bay and Mount Tamalpias was purchased by MOST with the generous support of the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund. It was donated to Marin Open Space […]
Wall Property Open Space
Fairfax Open Space Preserve The 100-acre wooded hillside property now designated the Fairfax Open Space Preserve rises dramatically above the Upper Ross Valley. It provides a habitat for wildlife and its trails can now be enjoyed legally by the public. MOST accomplished the acquisition with the County of Marin, California Coastal Conservancy, Town of Fairfax, […]
Sky Ranch Knoll, Bald Hill Open Space Preserve
Sky Ranch Knoll Bald Hill Open Space Preserve Through the generous support of the San Anselmo Open Space Committee, the Town of Fairfax, the Tamalpais Conservation Club, and 60 generous donors, sufficient funds have been raised to secure the purchase of the Sky Ranch Knoll. MOST plans to donate this prominent 6.8-acre property to the […]
Bald Hill, Ross
Bald Hill Open Space Preserve In February 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, is now part of the Bald Hill Open Space Preserve. […]
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. […]
Upper Hawthorne Canyon, San Anselmo
Hawthorne Canyon Open Space Preserve On March 4, 2024, the Marin Open Space Trust (MOST) permanently protected the scenic 9.4-acre Upper Hawthorne Canyon property in San Anselmo. MOST acquired the land and donated it to the Town of San Anselmo for an open space preserve, and also provided stewardship funds. Nearly 100 community members donated […]
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, and is adjacent to the Bald Hill Open Space Preserve. 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. […]
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 […]