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Marin Highlands Park

Marin Highlands Park from directly overhead

Marin Highlands Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 89 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant Valley Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
89 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.09883, -122.61105
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Hunt Camp: 7.5 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 7.9 mi
  • Irving Group Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Helen Putnam: 8.4 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 8.4 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 9.2 mi
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 10.0 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 10.0 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 10.6 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 56
Waterfalls: 16
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 2.7 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 6.6 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 9.1 mi
Springs: 12
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 13.2 mi
  • Keyhole: 13.5 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 19.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Marin Highlands Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakS 171°784 m11.9 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakS 176°778 m12.1 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakS 174°744 m11.9 mi
Ballou PointS 183°612 m12.9 mi
Twin KnollsS 185°597 m12.3 mi
Big Rock RidgeS 172°575 m2.8 mi
Pine MountainSSW 195°543 m8.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointS 176°527 m12.6 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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Newt122 obs
  • Warrior's Plume95 obs
  • California Slender Salamander92 obs
  • Henderson's shooting star85 obs
  • Yellow Mariposa Lily78 obs
  • milkmaids77 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard73 obs
  • Monarch73 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/544713849

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