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Gerstle Park

Gerstle Park from directly overhead

Gerstle Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the southwest, 3.3 miles off. The nearest named place is San Rafael Open Space, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away.

Gerstle Park features picnic tables, barbeques, multiple group picnic areas (capacity up to 100), a basketball court, a tennis court, and a new multi-age playground.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
28 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.96550, -122.53722
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 1.0 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 2.0 mi
  • Slide House: 2.1 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 2.9 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 4.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Bolinas Park: 3.2 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 3.8 mi
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Buckeye Point: 4.5 mi
  • Weber Point: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 47
Waterfalls: 17
  • Dawn Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 5.8 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 9.8 mi
  • Temple: 14.5 mi
  • Keyhole: 15.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 7.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Gerstle Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakSW 221°784 m3.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakSW 228°778 m4.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakSW 226°744 m3.9 mi
Ballou PointSW 232°612 m6.0 mi
Twin KnollsWSW 239°597 m5.9 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNW 331°575 m7.4 mi
Pine MountainW 277°543 m6.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSW 222°527 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard497 obs
  • Monarch413 obs
  • Western Honey Bee329 obs
  • American Crow233 obs
  • California poppy230 obs
  • coast live oak225 obs
  • Mule Deer214 obs
  • French broom201 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/558559029

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