You can now purchase an annual parking pass to the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed using our website and PayPal. You don’t need a PayPal account to make your purchase. It’s fast, convenient and safe, and we’ll send your parking pass by standard mail directly to your door.
The passes are valid for one year from the date of issue and allow visitors to park in designated areas of the watershed that are accessed via Sky Oaks Road off Fairfax-Bolinas Road. The cost is $60 for Marin residents, $100 for out-of-county residents and $30 for seniors. Click this link for more information and to purchase an annual pass.
You can also purchase annual passes in person at our office at 220 Nellen Avenue in Corte Madera from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, or you can download a parking pass form from our website and mail a check.
The Mt. Tamalpais Watershed encompasses 18,500 acres on the slopes of the mountain and offers incomparable opportunities to enjoy nature including hiking, biking, fishing, horseback riding, wildlife viewing and picnicking. Visitors will find scenic vistas, oak woodlands, meadows, evergreen forests, lakes, waterfalls and 150 miles of hiking trails and unpaved roads. The watershed is also home to great natural diversity including over 900 species of plants and 400 species of animals.
MMWD owns and manages the land as a primary source of drinking water for residents of central and southern Marin, with five of our seven reservoirs located on Mt. Tam. The watershed is open to the public daily from sunrise to sunset. Daily vehicle passes are $8.
Payment options are great, and you might mention the extensive information about the actual attraction you are asking us to pay for… Check out the extensive information on the “watershed” sidebar on the “website” link above. I love the maps listed under the top link on the sidebar: “Directions to Sky Oaks, Bon Tempe and Lake Lagunitas.” Happy and Healthy New Year.
Thanks for mentioning that, gardenwithheart! Yes, folks can find lots of information about the Mt. Tamalpais Watershed—including visiting and volunteering—by following the links in the lefthand sidebar on the parking pass page:
http://www.marinwater.org/controller?action=menuclick&id=667
Happy New Year!