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P. Taylor State Park features over 2,700 acres of wooded countryside
in the steep rolling hills of Marin County north of San Francisco.
The park features a unique contrast of coast redwood groves and
open grassland.
Samuel P. Taylor State
Park is named after Samuel Penfield Taylor, who came to California
from Boston in 1849 to try his luck in the gold rush. He actually
found gold, cashed in, and entered the lumber business. He purchased
100 acres of timberland along what is now Papermill Creek in the
park. He built a paper mill, established a paper-making process
using scrap paper and rags from San Francisco to produce newsprint
as well as square-bottomed paper bags, a novel at the time. Taylor
built a resort hotel and Camp Taylor, one of the first sites in
the U.S. to offer camping as a recreational pursuit. The area
was one of California's most popular and well-known weekend recreation
destinations in the 1870s- 80s.
Need a site at Samuel
P. Taylor Campground?
Reservations available for Samuel P. Taylor at:
Samuel
P. Taylor State Park Reservations
Directions:
Samuel P. Taylor State Park is 15 miles west of San Rafael on
Sir Francis Drake Boulevard.
Samuel P. Taylor State Park Campground
P.O. Box 251
Lagunitas CA 94938
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