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Mountain Lake Park

Mountain Lake Park from directly overhead

Mountain Lake Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 48 m. Mount Tamalpais West Point stands 527 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Lake Park Playground, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Elevation
48 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.78698, -122.47155

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Gardens
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Pod A: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 2.1 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 11
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 4.4 mi
  • Temple: 22.5 mi
  • Keyhole: 23.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 11.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Mountain Lake Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais West PointNW 323°527 m11.2 mi
Cardiac HillNW 317°413 m10.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSE 164°371 m7.2 mi
Richardson EastNNW 341°338.6 m4.7 mi
Peak 1041NNW 330°317.297 m5.5 mi
Mount DavidsonSSE 163°283 m3.5 mi
Slacker HillNNW 343°282 m3.5 mi
Hawk HillNNW 333°281 m3.2 mi

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: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525456565860606263625753
Precip in4.44.43.21.60.70.20.00.10.10.92.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 3 mi away.

  • Great Blue Heron3,456 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird2,738 obs
  • Mallard2,412 obs
  • Coyote2,372 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk2,085 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow1,789 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk1,680 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco1,608 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/401354283

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