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Heatherwood Park

Heatherwood Park from directly overhead

Heatherwood Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Palm Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
13 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.93587, -122.52890
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
Attractions
  • Slide House: 0.7 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 0.8 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 2.2 mi
  • Redwood Tree Slice: 3.8 mi
  • Founders Grove: 3.8 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Rifle Camp: 4.3 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 4.7 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 4.8 mi
  • Barth's Retreat: 4.9 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 5.1 mi
Beaches: 48
Waterfalls: 16
  • Dawn Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Kent Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Midway Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 5.8 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.7 mi
  • Temple: 15.3 mi
  • Keyhole: 15.8 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 6.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Heatherwood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakW 260°784 m2.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakWSW 257°778 m3.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakW 259°744 m3.3 mi
Ballou PointWSW 252°612 m5.5 mi
Twin KnollsW 260°597 m5.6 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNW 334°575 m9.5 mi
Pine MountainWNW 293°543 m7.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointWSW 249°527 m3.8 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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-necked Stilt355 obs
  • Snowy Egret317 obs
  • fennel283 obs
  • Great Egret246 obs
  • Monarch243 obs
  • Pacific trillium239 obs
  • French broom231 obs
  • Mallard222 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/544241166

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