Stafford Lake County Park is part of the Marin County, California

Marin County, California

Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...

 Parks system. The 139 acre (0.56251354 km²) park is located in Novato, 33 miles (53.1 km) north of San Francisco California

California

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 and is in a classic northern California valley among grazing farmland.

The lake is man-made and there is no boating or swimming allowed. The land in the park includes lakefront fields, creek, meadows and some redwood groves, and is named for the Stafford Farm, on which the lake sits. The park hosts many events such as concerts, known as Rock'n Blues by the Lake, with bands such as Journey

Journey (band)

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, Yonder Mountain String Band

Yonder Mountain String Band

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 and Jefferson Starship

Jefferson Starship

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. For a number of years the park hosted the Marin Renaissance fair

Renaissance Fair

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Disc golf

The disc golf

Disc golf

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course was first constructed as an object course in 1993 and baskets were installed in 1997. In 2007, three concrete tees were installed. The course is long by most standards and is very hilly, and in turn very challenging. Walking the course is approximately a 4 miles (6.4 km) walk and is mildly strenuous due to the very hilly nature of the terrain. Each of the 18 holes holes have one or two tees and two to five pin locations, with a total of 60 basket locations in total. Course length can vary from 5224 feet (1,592.3 m) if all holes were short to 7743 feet (2,360.1 m) if all holes were in long. The 'traditional' layout is a hefty 6625 feet (2,019.3 m).