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Bald Hill Ridge Preserve
Hawthorne Canyon
Sorich Park
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Projects
Kite Hill
The Open Space
Committee's first successful land purchase project occurred in 1982, soon
after the Committee was formed in 1981.
Now known as Kite Hill, this hilltop 1/4 acre lot, located at the
highest elevation in San Anselmo, was owned by the Marin Municipal Water
District. The District had intended
to build a domestic water tank at the crown of the hill, which has
panoramic views of the Bay Area.
When the tank was deemed unnecessary, the MMWD offered the property
to the Town of San Anselmo for a price of $10,000.
The Open Space Committee
swung into action and organized the fund-raising to acquire this small but
stunning property. With financial
support from the Town, the Sierra Club, the Sleepy Hollow Homeowners
Association, the County of Marin, The Trust for Public Land and a number of
citizens, the land is now public open space. Hal Brown, who at the time was a new member of the Board of
Supervisors, was also a key supporter of the project.
Kite Hill is located
off Oak Springs Drive at the border with Fairfax. A visit to the top of Kite Hill reveals the dramatic
landscape of the Ross Valley and beyond, and why preserving land in its
natural state is such an imperative.
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