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Marion Park

Marion Park from directly overhead

Marion Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 10 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Stafford Grove Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
10 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.10965, -122.58022
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 8.8 mi
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 9.6 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 10.1 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 56
Waterfalls: 17
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 3.3 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 8.0 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 10.3 mi
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 15.0 mi
  • Keyhole: 15.3 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Marion Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakS 179°784 m12.5 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakS 184°778 m12.9 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakS 182°744 m12.6 mi
Ballou PointS 190°612 m13.9 mi
Twin KnollsSSW 192°597 m13.3 mi
Big Rock RidgeSSW 201°575 m3.7 mi
Pine MountainSSW 203°543 m10.0 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointS 183°527 m13.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
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, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard136 obs
  • dense-flowered owl's-clover131 obs
  • creamcups115 obs
  • blue dicks115 obs
  • California buckeye110 obs
  • Monarch104 obs
  • Bitterroot103 obs
  • California poppy97 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/544709727

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