Marin County Urban Legend

Marin County is graced by Mount Tamalpais that reaches 2,571 feet into the sky. Mount Tamalpais is 6,300 gorgeous acres of oak woodlands, spectacular waterfalls, and beautiful redwood groves. Overlooking San Francisco Bay and Marin County, Mount Tamalpais was thought by the Miwok Indians to be the home of their god, Coyote. They considered it a place of reverence.
The name Tamalpais is a combination of the Miwok words "tama,l" meaning coast or west and "pais", meaning hill. It is also sometimes known as the "sleeping princess." From Sausalito looking north one can see the outline of a woman's figure from the top of Mount Tam cascading down to the east.
One of Mount Tamalpais's urban legends, and please if anyone can verify this possibly unverifiable tale please feel free to, is that at one time an Indian Princess of the Miwoks fell in love with an Indian Prince from an East Bay tribe. The two tribes did not get along and, as such, their love was denied. After the Princess passed away she was laid to rest somewhere on Mount Tamalpais, and the Prince somewhere on Mount Diablo (in the East Bay) so they could be together for all of eternity...
You see, Mount Tam is really a love story, and possibly another reminder of how lucky we are to live here, and what a magical place this is. Urban legend?



Mount Tamalpais as seen from the Tiburon Bike Path