• Angel Island
  • Bay Area Discovery Museum
  • Ferry Rides
  • Marine Mammal Center
  • Renaissance Fair (no longer in Marin)
  • Stinson Beach
  • Point Reyes

    Angel Island

    From: Duff Kurland
    Date: Nov. 2, 1997

    We live in Marin County, and can recommend Angel Island as another fine place to go with kids, for hiking, biking, or just a picnic. You can get there via ferry from Tiburon.

    Speaking of the Tiburon - Angel Island ferry... they run sunset cruises around the Bay on the weekends, at least during the summer. You bring your own dinner and watch the sunset as the ferry takes you around Belvedere Island, past Strawberry, Sausalito, and Alcatraz, under the Bay Bridge, and back to Tiburon.

    Bay Area Discovery Museum

    From: Duff Kurland
    Date: Nov. 2, 1997

    The Bay Area Discovery Museum in Sausalito is another good place. Might want to add a link to their page at the Science Education Academy of the Bay Area (SEABA) web site at http://www.fwl.org/seaba/members/badm/badm-desc.html. I've searched some, but I haven't found a more official home page for them; I'm surprised.

    Ferry Rides

    Ride a ferry from Oakland to SF; or SF to Sausalito & visit Bay Area Discovery Museum.

    Holliday Cullimore

    Marine Mammal Center

    From: Duff Kurland
    Date: Nov. 2, 1997

    Another possibility is the Marine Mammal Center, a non-profit organization dedicated to rescuing stranded seals, otters, dolphins and other marine mammals in distress. They nurse them back to health at their unique wildlife hospital, then return them to their ocean home to thrive again in the wild. They're in Fort Cronkite, in the Marin headlands west of Sausalito. Tel: (415) 289-SEAL Web: http://www.tmmc.org/

    Directions:
    FROM SOUTH OF THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE Just after you cross the Golden Gate Bridge, take the first exit off Highway 101 at Alexander Avenue. Once you exit Highway 101 there are two approaches to the Center:

    1) SCENIC ROUTE
    Stay to your left and follow the signs for Highway 101 South (this will bring you under the freeway to the other side). Just before the entrance to the bridge, look for Conzelman Road on your right with signs for the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA) and Marin Headlands. Follow this road until it forks at McCullough Road. Stay right at the fork, heading downhill and inland. Turn left at Bunker Road at the bottom of the hill. Follow Bunker Road past the stables and cross over Rodeo Lagoon. (Follow directions below to HOSPITAL)

    2) TUNNEL APPROACH
    Stay to your right and follow Alexander Avenue as if you are heading into Sausalito. Turn left after approximately 100 yards there will be a Marin Headlands sign. Follow road and stay to the left. Wait for signal and enter tunnel. This is Bunker Road. Follow Bunker Road past the stables and cross over Rodeo Lagoon. (Follow directions below to HOSPITAL)

    To reach the hospital: About halfway past the lagoon, you will see a small road heading uphill on your right with the Marine Mammal Center sign displayed. Take the right fork and head up the hill.