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White Hill Open Space Preserve

White Hill Open Space Preserve from directly overhead

White Hill Open Space Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south-southeast, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluebs, a park 0.6 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Marin County Open Space District

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.00389, -122.61899
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bluebs: 0.6 mi
  • Central Park of Woodacre: 1.1 mi
  • Kite Hill Open Space: 1.8 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 2.0 mi
  • Doc Edgar Park: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • White Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Cascade Peak: 1.4 mi
  • Loma Alta: 1.5 mi
  • Happersberger Point: 2.2 mi
  • Pine Mountain: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Bolinas Park: 2.0 mi
  • Hunt Camp: 3.0 mi
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
  • Rifle Camp: 5.4 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 5.4 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 4.6 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 4.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 6.4 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 7.1 mi
  • Slide House: 7.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 16
  • Cascade Falls: 1.4 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 2.4 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 5.0 mi
Springs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 10.2 mi
  • Keyhole: 10.6 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 8.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of White Hill Open Space Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakSSE 156°784 m5.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakSSE 168°778 m5.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakSSE 163°744 m5.6 mi
Ballou PointS 183°612 m6.4 mi
Twin KnollsS 186°597 m5.8 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNE 12°575 m3.9 mi
Pine MountainSW 225°543 m2.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSSE 167°527 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4919:5820:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2416:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505355586166686868635550
Precip in7.16.94.42.00.90.10.00.00.11.53.57.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Rafael-civic CTR, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/298739311

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