Directions to Sky Oaks, Bon Tempe and Lagunitas Lakes

Sky Oaks Watershed Headquarters is located at 49 Sky Oaks Road in Fairfax.

From San Francisco: Take Highway 101 North to the Central San Rafael exit. Make a left turn on Third Street. Stay on Third. It will turn into Sir Francis Drake Blvd. Stay on Sir Francis Drake until you get to the Fairfax town limits. You will go over a small hill and as you head down look for a “Valero” gas station on your left. Make a left immediately after the gas station at the wooden “Fairfax” sign (unfortunately there is a well hidden street sign that many motorist do not see, but the cross-street is Pacheco). At the stop sign make a right onto Broadway. At the next stop sign make a left onto Bolinas Rd. Go up Bolinas Road approximately 1½ miles (you will pass the Deer Park Villa restaurant). At 700 Bolinas Road there is a wooden sign on your left saying “Lake Lagunitas.” Make that left turn onto Sky Oaks Road; go up approximately 1/4 mile and Sky Oaks Watershed Headquarters is on the left at the crest of the hill. You are also at the entrance to Lagunitas and Bon Tempe Lakes. (If you miss the Sky Oaks Road turn-off and you get to the Meadow Club golf course you have gone too far.)

An $8.00 Vehicle Entrance Fee is required daily. (Click here for a full list of watershed fees.) The Lagunitas picnic area is about 1½ miles beyond the entrance Kiosk/Pay Station. After you have paid your entrance fee, stay on the paved road and within a mile or so you will come to a long straightaway and then a T-intersection. Go right at the intersection; within 100 yards you will be at the Lake Lagunitas parking area.   

From the East Bay: Go across the Richmond/San Rafael Bridge. Head north on Highway 101. Take the Central San Rafael exit. Follow instructions from above.

From Sonoma: Take Highway 101 south. Take the Central San Rafael exit. Make a right onto Third Street. Follow the instructions from above.