Best-Value Neighborhoods in Marina, CA

Sea Haven sits on the east side of Marina, on old Fort Ord ground that has been built out as a planned neighborhood of newer homes, parks and trails. The city's own records still call it Marina Heights, and the two names point to the same place. ... See Full Page

This is where Marina keeps its movie theater and most of its national chains, on ground that once belonged to Fort Ord, at the south end of the city near Highway 1 and Imjin Parkway. A Cinemark theater anchors the retail along General Stilwell Drive, and The Dunes is the name locals and maps use for the whole district. ... See Full Page

Central Marina wraps around Downtown Marina and runs west to the dunes, which makes it the widest part of the city of Marina. Reservation Road is the thread through it, linking the library, the Sunday market and the state beach on one line. Fort Ord, the Army base next door until 1994, left the town a practical, no-frills layout. ... See Full Page

Downtown Marina is the compact grid where Reservation Road meets Del Monte Boulevard, and it is the part of the city of Marina that works most like a town center. At under a third of a square mile, it is wrapped on most sides by Central Marina, with The Dunes to the south. ... See Full Page