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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

How to reach it

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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
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • 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
Historic sites
  • 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
Picnic sites
  • 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
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Beaches: 52
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: 11
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 10.5 miles of Old Sawmill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakNW 321°784 m2.1 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakWNW 299°778 m2.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakNW 308°744 m2.5 mi
Ballou PointW 277°612 m3.9 mi
Twin KnollsWNW 285°597 m4.4 mi
Pine MountainNW 313°543 m7.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointWNW 290°527 m2.3 mi
Loma AltaNNW 339°484 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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