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Bothin Marsh Preserve

Bothin Marsh Preserve from directly overhead

Bothin Marsh Preserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 4 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the northwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Bayfront Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.88854, -122.52386

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 4.4 mi
  • Rifle Camp: 5.2 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 5.5 mi
  • Barth's Retreat: 5.6 mi
  • East Bay #1: 5.6 mi
Gardens
Beaches: 50
Waterfalls: 16
  • Kent Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Midway Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 6.7 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 6
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 4.5 mi
  • Temple: 16.5 mi
  • Keyhole: 17.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 5.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Bothin Marsh Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakNW 314°784 m4.1 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakWNW 302°778 m4.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakNW 307°744 m4.4 mi
Ballou PointWNW 286°612 m5.7 mi
Twin KnollsWNW 291°597 m6.2 mi
Pine MountainNW 311°543 m9.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointWNW 297°527 m4.3 mi
Bare KnollW 280°478 m5.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
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, 5 mi away.

  • Monarch330 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt297 obs
  • Snowy Egret283 obs
  • checkerbloom217 obs
  • Fly Agaric213 obs
  • fennel176 obs
  • Great Egret174 obs
  • Great Blue Heron172 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/358832509

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