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Bolinas Museum

Bolinas Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the east-northeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Bolinas Community Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

art museum in Bolinas, California

Dates from 1983.

Wikidata Q18325675, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What to expect

Fee
No

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.91007, -122.68477

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Attractions
  • Stinson tree: 3.5 mi
  • Founders Grove: 6.1 mi
  • Redwood Tree Slice: 6.2 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 6.6 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 7.9 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Barth's Retreat: 3.8 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 4.0 mi
  • Rifle Camp: 4.4 mi
  • Hunt Camp: 6.4 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 7.3 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 15
  • Midway Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 4.7 mi
Springs: 11
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 4
  • Temple: 8.1 mi
  • Keyhole: 8.6 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 10.0 mi
  • Arch Rock: 22.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 3.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Bolinas Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakENE 77°784 m6.0 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakE 79°778 m4.9 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakENE 77°744 m5.4 mi
Ballou PointE 88°612 m3.3 mi
Twin KnollsENE 76°597 m3.1 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNE 23°575 m11.2 mi
Pine MountainNNE 21°543 m5.0 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointE 85°527 m5.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4919:5820:37
September equinox06:5918:3519:09
December solstice07:2416:1416:56

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, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/966229122

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