Corte Madera State Ecological Reserve
Corte Madera State Ecological Reserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 2 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Giant Picnic Table, a attraction 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 2 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Giant Picnic Table: 0.4 mi
- Slide House: 0.5 mi
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 2.9 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 4.1 mi
- Redwood Tree Slice: 4.7 mi
- Remillard Park: 0.5 mi
- Larkspur Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
- Larkspur Miwok Park: 0.7 mi
- Niven Park: 0.8 mi
- Greenbrae School Park: 0.8 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 1.0 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 3.1 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 3.4 mi
- Art by local residences.: 5.2 mi
- Coming About: 5.3 mi
- Palm Hill: 1.2 mi
- Bon Air Hill: 1.4 mi
- Christmas Tree Hill: 1.8 mi
- King Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Ring Mountain: 2.3 mi
- The Rosebowl: 1.4 mi
- Old Sawmill: 3.3 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 3.6 mi
- Lyford's Stone Tower: 5.5 mi
- Music Stand: 6.0 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Lauren Place: 2.6 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 6.7 mi
- Miles McKey Meditation Garden: 8.3 mi
- San Rafael Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Alto Bowl Open Space Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Tiburon Ridge Open Space Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Camino Alto Open Space Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Horse Hill Open Space Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Marin County Historical Society Museum: 2.8 mi
- Bartolini Gallery: 4.7 mi
- China Camp State Park Museum: 5.0 mi
- Bay Model Visitor Center: 5.2 mi
- Marinship Exhibit: 5.2 mi
- Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 4.6 mi
- Weber Point: 5.0 mi
- Bullhead Flat: 5.1 mi
- Buckeye Point: 5.1 mi
- China Camp Point: 5.1 mi
- San Quentin Beach: 1.5 mi
- Bramble Beach: 4.3 mi
- Schoonmaker Beach: 5.3 mi
- Point Molate Beach: 5.3 mi
- Swede's Beach: 6.4 mi
- Dawn Falls: 2.9 mi
- Kent Falls: 5.3 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 6.6 mi
- Midway Falls: 6.8 mi
- Helen Markt Falls: 6.9 mi
- Worn Springs: 4.1 mi
- Colier Spring: 4.7 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 5.9 mi
- Rock Springs: 6.0 mi
- Old Spring: 6.1 mi
- Rock Fort: 4.6 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 7.3 mi
- Vent 5: 7.3 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 7.3 mi
- Aramai Point: 22.9 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 8.0 mi
- Temple: 16.3 mi
- Keyhole: 16.8 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
- Quarters A: 12.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 12.1 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 7.5 mi
- Rest Stop: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Corte Madera State Ecological Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | W 260° | 784 m | 3.8 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | WSW 258° | 778 m | 4.9 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | W 260° | 744 m | 4.4 mi |
| Ballou Point | WSW 254° | 612 m | 6.6 mi |
| Twin Knolls | W 260° | 597 m | 6.7 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | NNW 328° | 575 m | 9.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WNW 289° | 543 m | 8.3 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | WSW 252° | 527 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 2 mi away.
- Black-necked Stilt386 obs
- Oakland mariposa lily372 obs
- ruby chalice clarkia323 obs
- Snowy Egret320 obs
- fennel290 obs
- tidy tips284 obs
- Hayfield Tarweed272 obs
- Ithuriel's Spear270 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358832523
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