Novato, California Travel Information

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Novato to the Cheese Factory (Distance: 0.6 mi) This is an exhilarating ride into the country with a picnic lunch at the Cheese Factory. These are beautiful, smooth paved roads with little traffic. There are afternoon headwinds going out, but nic...

Novato, CA - Road Biking - length:36 mi

Marin County Open Space District: Rush Creek Trail (Distance: 0.7 mi) This semi-loop, using the Pinheiro Ridge and Rush Creek fire roads, and an unnamed trail, explores the Rush Creek Open Space Preserve, a fine example of coastal salt marsh and valley-and-foothill wood...

Novato, CA - Hiking - length:3.7 mi

Pinheiro Fire Road at Rush Creek (Distance: 0.7 mi) This is an easy out-and-back hike that skirts a tidal marsh offering shorebirds in winter and wildflowers in spring. Bicycles in possible.

Novato, CA - Hiking - length:4.6 mi

Rush Creek Open Space Preserve (Distance: 0.7 mi) Stretching along the banks of the Petaluma River is a flat fertile region with coastal salt marshes and diked farmland. Rush Creek Open Space Preserve is adjacent to a vast wetland area along the Peta...

Petaluma, CA - Hiking - length:5.5 mi

Deer Island Loop Trail (Distance: 1.3 mi) This hike explores 135 acre Deer Island lying in a floodplain east of Novato. Good views in all directions. Good flowers in rainy years.

Novato, CA - Hiking - length:3.1 mi

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Marin Marin Country Club Private Equity, 18 holes 6652 yards, par 72 2.9 miles from center of Novato, California

StoneTree StoneTree Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6810 yards, par 72 3.1 miles from center of Novato, California

Indian Valley Indian Valley Golf Club Public, 18 holes 6450 yards, par 72 3.2 miles from center of Novato, California

McInnis Park McInnis Park Golf Center Public, 9 holes 1842 yards, par 31 6.2 miles from center of Novato, California

Petaluma Petaluma Golf & Country Club Private Equity, 9 holes 2815 yards, par 35 8.4 miles from center of Novato, California

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