Indian Valley Preserve
Indian Valley Preserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 178 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Josef Hoog Park, a park 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 178 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Josef Hoog Park: 0.6 mi
- Hillside Park: 0.9 mi
- Ignacio Valley Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Wallace Family Park: 1.1 mi
- Lynwood Hill Park: 1.6 mi
- Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden: 0.8 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Miles McKey Meditation Garden: 3.1 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 5.8 mi
- Big Rock Ridge: 1.7 mi
- Novato Heights: 1.9 mi
- Pacheco Hill: 2.9 mi
- Cherry Hill: 3.5 mi
- Loma Alta: 3.6 mi
- Novato History Museum: 2.7 mi
- Dixie Schoolhouse: 3.0 mi
- Marin Museum of Contemporary Art: 3.2 mi
- Hamilton Field History Museum: 3.4 mi
- Marin Museum of the American Indian: 3.7 mi
- Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Bolinas Park: 5.7 mi
- Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 6.6 mi
- Buckeye Point: 6.9 mi
- Hunt Camp: 7.0 mi
- Atherton Avenue Bayland: 3.5 mi
- Fryer Trust Bayland: 3.6 mi
- Mount Burdell Open Space Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Rush Creek Open Space Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Novato Lands 005: 4.4 mi
- Marcia Lois Grimm: 3.9 mi
- The Rosebowl: 9.4 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 9.8 mi
- Music Stand: 9.9 mi
- Throne: 10.5 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 6.2 mi
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 7.4 mi
- China Camp Historic Area: 7.7 mi
- Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 8.5 mi
- Giant Picnic Table: 9.2 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 8.8 mi
- Sonoma: 11.0 mi
- Welcome to Petaluma: 11.1 mi
- Art by local residences.: 11.2 mi
- Plug: 12.0 mi
- San Quentin Beach: 10.0 mi
- Stinson Beach: 12.4 mi
- Point Molate Beach: 12.5 mi
- Bolinas Beach: 12.6 mi
- Palomarin Beach: 13.2 mi
- Buck Gulch Falls: 0.9 mi
- Roy's Riffles: 6.0 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.2 mi
- Little Carson Falls: 7.7 mi
- Stairstep Falls: 8.3 mi
- Worn Springs: 7.3 mi
- Crystal Springs: 8.6 mi
- Colier Spring: 9.5 mi
- Broko Spring: 9.5 mi
- Rock Springs: 10.9 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 17.5 mi
- Quarters A: 21.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 21.3 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 24.6 mi
- Paint Storage: 24.7 mi
- Rock Fort: 5.3 mi
- Vent 5: 13.3 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 14.9 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 16.9 mi
- Temple: 13.7 mi
- Keyhole: 14.0 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 16.9 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 12.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Indian Valley Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | S 181° | 784 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | S 187° | 778 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | S 184° | 744 m | 9.7 mi |
| Ballou Point | SSW 194° | 612 m | 11.0 mi |
| Twin Knolls | SSW 197° | 597 m | 10.5 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | WSW 252° | 575 m | 1.7 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SW 214° | 543 m | 7.5 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | S 186° | 527 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:13 | 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 | 50 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 7.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Rafael-civic CTR, 5 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard128 obs
- California Newt119 obs
- Common Manzanita99 obs
- Warrior's Plume98 obs
- Pacific madrone89 obs
- Henderson's shooting star87 obs
- milkmaids83 obs
- California buckeye75 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/358833187
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