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Blithdale Park

Blithdale Park from directly overhead

Blithdale Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 75 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west-northwest, 1.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Blithedale Summit Open Space Preserve, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
75 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.91798, -122.55609

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Founders Grove: 1.9 mi
  • Redwood Tree Slice: 1.9 mi
  • Slide House: 2.7 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 2.7 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 3.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Rifle Camp: 2.8 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 3.2 mi
  • Barth's Retreat: 3.3 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 5.0 mi
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 6.6 mi
Gardens
Museums
Beaches: 50
  • Slide Ranch North Beach: 3.9 mi
  • Muir Beach: 4.2 mi
  • San Quentin Beach: 4.3 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 4.6 mi
  • Stinson Beach: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Dawn Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Kent Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Midway Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 4.4 mi
Springs: 11
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 6.6 mi
  • Temple: 14.2 mi
  • Keyhole: 14.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 4.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Blithdale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakWNW 303°784 m1.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakW 280°778 m2.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakWNW 289°744 m1.9 mi
Ballou PointW 264°612 m3.7 mi
Twin KnollsW 273°597 m4.1 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNW 345°575 m10.1 mi
Pine MountainNW 308°543 m6.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointW 267°527 m2.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:22
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, 3 mi away.

  • Pacific trillium1,036 obs
  • coast redwood950 obs
  • Button's Banana Slug920 obs
  • Andrews' Clintonia700 obs
  • Redwood Sorrel635 obs
  • California fetid adderstongue595 obs
  • Tanoak577 obs
  • Warrior's Plume491 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358832506

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