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Lucas Valley Preserve

Lucas Valley Preserve from directly overhead

Lucas Valley Preserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 210 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Lucas Valley Memorial Park, a park 1.0 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
210 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.04242, -122.58498
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 3.9 mi
  • Hunt Camp: 5.6 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 6.1 mi
  • Buckeye Point: 6.5 mi
Gardens
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 5.5 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 5.8 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 7.2 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 7.9 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 17
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 1.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 4.7 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 6.0 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 7.3 mi
Springs: 12
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 12.6 mi
  • Keyhole: 13.0 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 11.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Lucas Valley Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakS 177°784 m7.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakS 184°778 m8.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakS 181°744 m8.0 mi
Ballou PointSSW 193°612 m9.3 mi
Twin KnollsSSW 196°597 m8.7 mi
Big Rock RidgeNW 318°575 m1.6 mi
Pine MountainSW 219°543 m5.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointS 183°527 m8.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4919:5820:37
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
  • Pacific poison oak305 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard268 obs
  • California bay209 obs
  • coast live oak184 obs
  • French broom141 obs
  • western blue-eyed grass115 obs
  • California poppy106 obs
  • California buckeye103 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/358832725

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