Best Neighborhoods in Fairfax, CA

Deer Park sits on the south side of Fairfax, where Bolinas Road heads toward the creek and Porteous Avenue climbs to the trailhead that gave the neighborhood its name. Lanes such as Creek Road, Forrest Avenue, Barker Avenue and Hillside Drive wind under redwoods and bay trees, and the Forrest Avenue area spills over the line into San Anselmo. ... See Full Page

Cascade Canyon is the wooded notch on the southwest side of Fairfax where Cascade Drive follows a creek up toward the hills. The road ends at a preserve gate instead of another street, and the houses sit close to the water and the trees. It feels more like a forest lane than part of a town. ... See Full Page

Downtown Fairfax packs the town of Fairfax's shops, bars and cafes into a handful of streets at the foot of Mount Tamalpais, with Bolinas Road, Broadway and Sir Francis Drake Boulevard as the main streets. A creek and a wall of redwoods sit right behind the storefronts. It reads as part mountain town and part music hall, and most of the businesses are local. ... See Full Page

Fairfax Heights-Marinda Oaks covers the slopes and knolls on the north side of downtown Fairfax, where Marinda Drive, San Gabriel Drive and Vista Way climb away from Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. The upper streets catch views of the hills and Mount Tamalpais, and the boulevard below holds the library, a grocery and a mountain biking museum. ... See Full Page

Manor Hill rises on the west side of downtown Fairfax, a hillside whose streets are named for what grows and shows there: Redwood, Spruce, Sequoia, Manzanita, Scenic and Mountain View. It is a short descent to the center of town from almost any of them. ... See Full Page

Oak Manor sits at the north end of Fairfax, where Oak Manor Drive climbs off Sir Francis Drake Boulevard toward the Sleepy Hollow side of the ridge. The pace slows here, and the hills start close behind the last row of houses. ... See Full Page