THE CORTE MADERA LAND BRIEF
Land in the
Marin Hills setting.
Corte Madera town has 3.16 square miles of land in Marin County. Its Census reference point is in Marin Hills, within Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains.
Oak woodland, chaparral and grassland occupy foothills and low coastal mountains around the Central Valley. Narrow agricultural valleys interrupt this landscape of dry summers and wetter winters.
Regional context: Central California Foothills and Coastal Mountains ↗ · Classification at the Census reference point
Corte Madera and Marin County
Corte Madera is associated with Marin County in the Census boundary data. Start with the parcel’s tax bill to match the property to that jurisdiction, then confirm which government handles its land use.
Corte Madera by land and water
The Census records 1.24 square miles of water within Corte Madera, or 28.2% of its total area. It is 9 percentage points lower than the 37.2% recorded for Marin County. This is geographic context; waterfront status and usable land must be checked at the parcel.
For scale, Corte Madera town has 1.1 times the land area of nearby Larkspur city (3 square miles). These areas describe boundaries, not comparable property prices.

