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Unincorporated community in California, United States
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Bolinas is an unincorporated town in Marin County, California. It has long been a counterculture enclave (a "free box" where people can leave and take items as needed is a local landmark) and has, in the past, been the home of several famous people such as musicians Grace Slick and Paul Kantner, and writer Richard Brautigan.
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Go tidepooling. At low tide, you can see all sorts of plants and creatures in the tidepools: colorful anemones, translucent nudibranchs, bright purple sea urchins, sea stars, fish, crabs, boring clams, scallops... Watch out for slippery rocks, and be careful not to disturb the animals.
The locals are infamous for removing road signs pointing the way into town from nearby California State Highway 1, so finding the town may be tricky.
Read in the guideThe commercial sections of Bolinas are easily walkable on foot. A car is advised for getting to the residential and natural areas to the west.
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