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Miwok Park

Miwok Park from directly overhead

Miwok Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Marin Museum of the American Indian, a museum 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

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Novato Parks, Recreation and Community Services
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.11551, -122.59736
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Nature reserves
Peaks
Gardens
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 8.9 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 9.7 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 9.8 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 10.8 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 54
Waterfalls: 16
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 7.9 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 10.4 mi
Springs: 13
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 14.5 mi
  • Keyhole: 14.7 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 20.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Miwok Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakS 175°784 m12.9 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakS 180°778 m13.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakS 178°744 m13.0 mi
Ballou PointS 186°612 m14.1 mi
Twin KnollsS 188°597 m13.6 mi
Big Rock RidgeS 186°575 m3.9 mi
Pine MountainSSW 197°543 m10.0 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointS 179°527 m13.8 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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard170 obs
  • Sun Cup163 obs
  • blue dicks158 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog157 obs
  • California poppy143 obs
  • creamcups142 obs
  • dense-flowered owl's-clover140 obs
  • Varicolored Owl's-clover139 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/348071743

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