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Menke Park

Menke Park from directly overhead

Menke Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 21 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Corte Madera Town Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
21 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.92604, -122.52963

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Slide House: 1.2 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 1.3 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 2.8 mi
  • Redwood Tree Slice: 3.3 mi
  • Founders Grove: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Rifle Camp: 4.2 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 4.6 mi
  • Barth's Retreat: 4.7 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 5.3 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 50
Waterfalls: 16
  • Dawn Falls: 2.0 mi
  • Kent Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Midway Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 5.8 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.1 mi
  • Temple: 15.4 mi
  • Keyhole: 15.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 6.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.9 miles of Menke Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakW 275°784 m2.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakW 268°778 m3.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakW 271°744 m3.2 mi
Ballou PointW 259°612 m5.3 mi
Twin KnollsW 266°597 m5.5 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNW 336°575 m10.1 mi
Pine MountainWNW 298°543 m7.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointW 259°527 m3.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
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, 2 mi away.

  • Monarch445 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt358 obs
  • Snowy Egret304 obs
  • fennel283 obs
  • Pacific trillium236 obs
  • Great Egret226 obs
  • French broom223 obs
  • Mallard199 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/544241167

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