Novato

Novato is in Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California.

Get in

By car

Via Highway 101, the major north-south freeway or from Highway 37 which crosses marshland from Vallejo and Highway 80 or from west Marin on Hicks Valley Road/Novato Blvd.

By bus

Marin Transit offers service from other Marin County cities, and the affiliated service Golden Gate Transit goes north to Sonoma County and south to San Francisco.

By train

Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit, or SMART, connects Novato with San Rafael and places in Sonoma County: Petaluma, Rohnert Park, Santa Rosa, and Sonoma County Airport. Extensions are planned to Cloverdale and Larkspur.

Get around

By bike

Conditions may be too windy for bicycles to go "upwind."

By bus

There is limited Marin Transit (bus) service, which is primarily used by commuters. The bus serves a major stop "downtown" on Old Redwood Highway.

See

Do

Essentially a bedroom community but there are various hiking opportunities in the open space around Novato and Marin County (e.g. Mt. Burdell). Immediately west of town are rolling hills, cow farms and 60-acre-plus ranches—a pleasant, scenic ride by car or motorcycle.

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Go next

  • San Rafael, a charming city with plenty of restaurants and shopping, is a 15-minute drive south on highway 101.
  • San Francisco is about 30 minutes south on highway 101.
  • Napa, a widely-recognized wine-lovers' destination, is about 45 minutes to the northeast.
Routes through Novato

Santa Rosa Petaluma  N  S  San Rafael San Francisco
END  W  E  Jct N Vallejo
Santa Rosa Petaluma  N  S  San Rafael END


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