Tiburon

Why go

Tiburon is defined by the street pattern and public spaces of Tiburon. Another layer comes from architecture and daily movement across Tiburon. Plan Tiburon by remembering to set a compact boundary around Tiburon before walking. After Tiburon, choose a district beside Tiburon; this keeps Tiburon geographically coherent and avoids forcing Tiburon into an unrelated crossing.

What to look for

• Look closely at the street pattern and public spaces of Tiburon.
• Notice architecture and daily movement across Tiburon.

The full story

Tiburon is an incorporated town in Marin County, California. It is located on the Tiburon Peninsula, which reaches south into the San Francisco Bay. The smaller city of Belvedere occupies the south-west part of the peninsula and is contiguous with Tiburon. Tiburon is bordered by Corte Madera to the north and Mill Valley to the west, but is otherwise mostly surrounded by the Bay. Besides Belvedere and Tiburon, much of the peninsula is unincorporated, including portions of the north side and the communities of Strawberry and Paradise Cay. Tiburon has a Town Historian, Branwell Fanning. Much of the modern history material below is drawn from his "Brief History of Tiburon," published in the Town of Tiburon's General Plan. Tiburón means "shark" in Spanish. Whether Lt. Juan Manuel de Ayala saw a number of sharks near where he anchored the San Carlos in August 1775, off what is now Angel Island, or whether the tree-covered Tiburon Peninsula looked like a shark we may never know. He named the land Punta del Tiburon, or Shark Point. The Coast Miwok Indians had lived here for thousands of years, but there is no clear concept of what they called the peninsula.

Useful to know

• For Tiburon, set a compact boundary around Tiburon before walking.
• Pair Tiburon with a district beside Tiburon when the route and opening conditions align.

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