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Old Sawmill

Old Sawmill from directly overhead

Old Sawmill is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the northwest, 2.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Mill Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
wood
Getting there

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Coordinates37.90486, -122.55333
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Old Mill Park: 0.0 mi
  • Norris Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
  • Lytton Square: 0.3 mi
  • Mill Valley Depot: 0.3 mi
  • Edgewood Park: 0.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Historic sites: 58
  • Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 1.7 mi
  • The Rosebowl: 2.3 mi
  • Throne: 3.6 mi
  • Music Stand: 3.8 mi
  • WW2 Lookout: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 54
  • Rifle Camp: 3.3 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 3.6 mi
  • Barth's Retreat: 3.6 mi
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 5.7 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 52
Attractions: 44
  • Redwood Tree Slice: 1.4 mi
  • Founders Grove: 1.4 mi
  • Slide House: 3.2 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 3.2 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 3.9 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Kent Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 2.4 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Midway Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 4.8 mi
Springs: 9
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 5.7 mi
  • Temple: 14.6 mi
  • Keyhole: 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 4.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Old Sawmill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakNW784 m2.1 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakWNW778 m2.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakNW744 m2.5 mi
Ballou PointW612 m3.9 mi
Twin KnollsWNW597 m4.4 mi
Pine MountainNW543 m7.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointWNW527 m2.3 mi
Loma AltaNNW484 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2316:1416:55

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1460848448

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