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Mt. Tamalpais State Park

(San Francisco Bay Region 3D image tour)

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MtTamalpais.jpg - The Gardner Lookout is on the summit of the East Peak (2,571 feet) on Mt. Tamalpais consists of numerous outcrops of graywacke sandstone (Mesozoic-age Franciscan Complex).

MtTamalpais MtTamalpais2.jpg - From the East Peak looking southeast toward Richardson Bay, the Marin Peninsula can be seen on the right and Tiburon Peninsula is on the left.
MtTamalpais MtTamalpais3.jpg - The Gardner Lookout on top of East Peak on Mt. Tamalpais.
MtTamalpais MtTamalpais4.jpg - A round antenna dome is on the summit of West Peak (2,560 feet), historic ruins of a military reservation on Mt. Tamalpais are in the foreground.
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MtTamalpais5.jpg - A blocky slope of serpentinite is part of an excavation on the historic military reservation site on Mt. Tamalpais' West Peak.
MtTamalpais MtTamalpais6.jpg - In one of the ruins of the military reservation on West Peak is this collection of cement pedistals, each capped with a block of local serpentinite. The mostly undeveloped coastal highlands of northern Marin County is in the distance.

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