Inverness Park, California

Inverness Park, California
Country	United States
State	California
County	Marin
Government
• Senate	Carole Migden (D)
• Assembly	Jared Huffman (D)
• U. S. Congress	Lynn Woolsey (D)
Elevation	118 ft (36 m)
Time zone	UTC-8 (PST)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-7 (PDT)
ZIP code	94956
Area code	415
FIPS code	06-36630
GNIS feature ID	1658828

Inverness Park in Marin County, California, USA, is a small unincorporated community between the communities of Point Reyes Station and Inverness. Although lacking a post office, Inverness Park has a larger population than either of these neighbors.

It stretches for the three or four miles from Limantour Road, north along Sir Francis Drake Boulevard, hugging the western edge of Tomales Bay. It is immediately adjacent to the Point Reyes National Seashore.

History

Original population included many Portuguese and Italian immigrants who worked the land. At least two fish hatcheries existed in the area until about 50 years ago.

Originally a few isolated houses, Inverness Park expanded in the 1950s as a failed developer's pipe dream called Noren Estates. A later, more successful housing expansion in the steep and immensely attractive hills called Paradise Ranch Estates more than doubled the population. A product of David Adams Real Estate, Paradise Ranch Estates sold parcels with spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean, Tomales Bay, or—for a lucky few—both. Paradise Ranch Estates was plagued by numerous problems relating to its roads and availability of water. As the Adams family moved out of ownership, residents assumed the task of road improvement and maintenance. After the floods of January 4, 1982, a municipal water supply was hooked up.

In the fires of October 1995, forty-eight homes on the ridges of Paradise Ranch Estates burned, including that of well-known singer Jesse Colin Young.