Welcome to Novato!
Novato is in Marin County in the San Francisco Bay Area of California. Novato (Spanish for Novatus) is a city in northern Marin County, in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in the U.S. state of California. At the 2020 census, its population was 53,225. Novato is located about 10 miles (16 km) northwest of San Rafael and about 30 miles (48 km) north of San Francisco on U.S. 101.
Novato has been called one of the best places to live in the U.S.