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McKegney Field

McKegney Field from directly overhead

McKegney Field is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west-northwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.89260, -122.48510
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Nature reserves
Parks
Peaks
  • Ring Mountain: 1.2 mi
  • Kite Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Richardson East: 3.0 mi
  • Peak 1041: 3.3 mi
  • Engagement Hill: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
Picnic sites
Gardens
  • Canal Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Lauren Place: 6.0 mi
  • Compton Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Michelangelo Community Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Filbert Steps Garden: 7.6 mi
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 16
  • Kent Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Rainbow Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Midway Falls: 8.5 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 5.5 mi
  • Temple: 18.4 mi
  • Keyhole: 18.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 8.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 24.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of McKegney Field. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakWNW 297°784 m5.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakWNW 290°778 m6.5 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakWNW 293°744 m6.1 mi
Ballou PointW 280°612 m7.7 mi
Twin KnollsWNW 284°597 m8.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointWNW 286°527 m6.2 mi
Bare KnollW 275°478 m7.3 mi
Wooded KnollW 274°465 m7.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2316:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586266686867635549
Precip in8.88.76.02.61.40.40.00.00.12.04.69.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 6 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Oakland mariposa lily787 obs
  • tidy tips766 obs
  • ruby chalice clarkia667 obs
  • cream sacs660 obs
  • pitted onion649 obs
  • Hayfield Tarweed520 obs
  • Foothill Larkspur478 obs
  • Bluff Lettuce457 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/544241173

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