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Lois Curtin Park

Lois Curtin Park from directly overhead

Lois Curtin Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south-southwest, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Loma Verde Preserve, a park 0.7 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
15 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.06075, -122.53442
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Loma Verde Preserve: 0.7 mi
  • Clark A. Blasdell Park: 0.8 mi
  • Hamilton Amphitheater Park: 1.0 mi
  • Creekside Park: 1.0 mi
  • Wallace Family Park: 1.2 mi
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 4.9 mi
  • Buckeye Point: 5.0 mi
  • Weber Point: 5.2 mi
  • Bullhead Flat: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.7 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 5.7 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 7.0 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 8.3 mi
  • Slide House: 8.4 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 56
Waterfalls: 18
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 7.7 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 8.7 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 15.6 mi
  • Keyhole: 16.0 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 16.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 23.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Lois Curtin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakSSW 195°784 m9.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakSSW 200°778 m10.1 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakSSW 198°744 m9.7 mi
Ballou PointSSW 206°612 m11.4 mi
Twin KnollsSSW 208°597 m11.0 mi
Big Rock RidgeW 268°575 m3.8 mi
Pine MountainSW 228°543 m8.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSSW 198°527 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4819:5820:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2416:1316:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505355586166686868635550
Precip in7.16.94.42.00.90.10.00.00.11.53.57.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Rafael-civic CTR, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Great Egret101 obs
  • House Finch83 obs
  • Mute Swan71 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt70 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard67 obs
  • Mule Deer67 obs
  • Lesser Goldfinch65 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird56 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 node/358833190

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