Corte Madera (kor-TAY mah-dare-ah), city (1990 pop. 8,272), Marin co., W Calif., N residential suburb, 12 mi/19 km NNW of downtown San Francisco, and 3 mi/4.8 km S of San Rafael; 37°55'N 122°31'W. Mfg. (plastic prods., printing). N end of San Francisco Bay 2 mi/3.2 km to E; Mt. Tamalpais State Park to W; Muir Woods Natl. Monument to SW. Inc. 1916.