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Canal Community Garden

Canal Community Garden from directly overhead

Canal Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west-southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Pickleweed Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of San Rafael

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.96151, -122.49878
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Pickleweed Park: 0.5 mi
  • Larkspur Miwok Park: 1.0 mi
  • Larkspur Neighborhood Park: 1.0 mi
  • Beach Park: 1.1 mi
  • Bret Harte Park: 1.2 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Giant Picnic Table: 1.7 mi
  • Slide House: 1.7 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.5 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 3.0 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 2.9 mi
  • Weber Point: 3.4 mi
  • Buckeye Point: 3.4 mi
  • Bullhead Flat: 3.4 mi
  • China Camp Point: 3.5 mi
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 17
  • Dawn Falls: 3.8 mi
  • Kent Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Midway Falls: 7.7 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 9.7 mi
  • Temple: 16.6 mi
  • Keyhole: 17.1 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 22.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Canal Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakWSW 242°784 m4.9 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakWSW 244°778 m5.9 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakWSW 244°744 m5.4 mi
Ballou PointWSW 243°612 m7.7 mi
Twin KnollsWSW 249°597 m7.7 mi
Big Rock RidgeNW 320°575 m8.9 mi
Pine MountainW 277°543 m8.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointWSW 239°527 m6.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2316:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586266686867635549
Precip in8.88.76.02.61.40.40.00.00.12.04.69.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch300 obs
  • Snowy Egret185 obs
  • fennel138 obs
  • Mallard119 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard119 obs
  • Tiburon mariposa lily109 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt106 obs
  • Great Egret95 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1118969984

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