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Hal Brown Park at Creekside

Hal Brown Park at Creekside from directly overhead

Hal Brown Park at Creekside is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west-southwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Hamilton Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

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Coordinates37.94862, -122.53838
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hamilton Park: 0.4 mi
  • Greenbrae Redwoods: 0.4 mi
  • Bon Air Landing Park: 0.6 mi
  • Piper Park: 0.8 mi
  • Niven Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Bolinas Park: 3.8 mi
  • Rifle Camp: 4.0 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 4.4 mi
  • Barth's Retreat: 4.6 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 49
Waterfalls: 17
  • Dawn Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Kent Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 5.2 mi
  • Midway Falls: 5.4 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 8.6 mi
  • Temple: 14.6 mi
  • Keyhole: 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 6.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Hal Brown Park at Creekside. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakWSW 238°784 m2.5 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakWSW 242°778 m3.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakWSW 241°744 m3.1 mi
Ballou PointWSW 242°612 m5.3 mi
Twin KnollsWSW 249°597 m5.4 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNW 335°575 m8.4 mi
Pine MountainWNW 288°543 m6.5 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSW 234°527 m3.7 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
  • Monarch349 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt293 obs
  • Snowy Egret258 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard258 obs
  • fennel249 obs
  • Pacific trillium244 obs
  • French broom243 obs
  • Mallard230 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/544236273

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