Magnolia Avenue
$2M-$3.4M
Historic walking downtown.
Local intelligence
What makes Larkspur different.
Larkspur is the ferry town. The Larkspur Ferry Terminal at 101 East Sir Francis Drake Boulevard puts you at the SF Ferry Building in about 30 to 45 minutes depending on the boat, and that single fact prices the entire town. Magnolia Avenue downtown is the historic walking core, with the Lark Theater anchoring an intact 1940 commercial row. Heather Gardens and Larkspur Marsh sit east toward the bay flats. Madrone Canyon and Baltimore Canyon climb west into the Tam watershed.
The town is geographically split between flats and canyon. The flats run from Magnolia and Larkspur Plaza through the Marin Country Mart shopping district at 2257 Larkspur Landing Circle and out to the ferry. The canyon network climbs into deep redwoods. Madrone Canyon, in particular, sits inside the Mt Tam Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zone with mature redwood, Doug fir, and bay laurel canopy.
Catch the early Larkspur Ferry and you can be at the Embarcadero in about half an hour, then home that evening with groceries from the Country Mart.
Marin Country Mart redefined regional retail in 2010. Independent boutiques, the Hog Island Oyster Co outpost, Rustic Bakery, and Saturday farmers markets pull the whole county on weekends. Lark Theater at 549 Magnolia is a 1940 single-screen jewel still running first-run art house plus classic series. Picco at 320 Magnolia is one of the highest-rated North Bay tasting menus. Magnolia Avenue downtown is its own walking destination: Emporio Rulli has made Italian pastry and espresso at 464 Magnolia since 1988, with Left Bank Brasserie, Equator Coffee, and a second Rustic Bakery filling out the row. Marin Brewing Company at 1809 Larkspur Landing Circle was Marin's first brewpub, open from 1989 until it closed in 2022.
Larkspur is also where Marin's rail and water transit meet. The SMART train's Larkspur station opened the line's southern terminus, and a SMART Connect shuttle launched in 2024 ties the station directly to the ferry terminal, so a buyer can step off the train and onto a boat to San Francisco without a car. That combination of redwood-canyon quiet behind a frictionless transit spine is what keeps demand on the Magnolia walking core so durable.
Disclosure realities split with geography. Madrone Canyon and Baltimore Canyon parcels run a VHFHSZ defensible space and Class A roof review. The flats face Corte Madera Creek flood plain exposure, with FEMA AE coverage near the creek crossings and parcels close to the ferry terminal. Larkspur has been converting septic to sewer on canyon parcels for over a decade, and confirmation of completed conversion is now a standard pre-offer item.
