Pacheco Valley Preserve
Pacheco Valley Preserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 82 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Loma Verde Preserve, a park 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 82 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Loma Verde Preserve: 0.6 mi
- Creekside Park: 0.8 mi
- Ignacio Valley Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Wallace Family Park: 1.2 mi
- Lois Curtin Park: 1.3 mi
- Pacheco Hill: 1.3 mi
- Big Rock Ridge: 2.8 mi
- Novato Heights: 3.5 mi
- Loma Alta: 3.7 mi
- Cherry Hill: 4.3 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Miles McKey Meditation Garden: 1.9 mi
- Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden: 2.5 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 3.6 mi
- Lauren Place: 5.6 mi
- Dixie Schoolhouse: 1.5 mi
- Marin Museum of Contemporary Art: 2.0 mi
- Hamilton Field History Museum: 2.2 mi
- Bartolini Gallery: 3.4 mi
- Novato History Museum: 3.9 mi
- Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Bolinas Park: 4.9 mi
- Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 5.0 mi
- Buckeye Point: 5.3 mi
- Weber Point: 5.5 mi
- Marcia Lois Grimm: 2.5 mi
- The Rosebowl: 8.0 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 8.7 mi
- Music Stand: 9.2 mi
- Throne: 9.8 mi
- San Venetia Marsh Open Space Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Santa Margarita Island Open Space Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Hartzell Park: 3.6 mi
- Atherton Avenue Bayland: 3.9 mi
- Halperin Open Space Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 4.6 mi
- China Camp Historic Area: 6.0 mi
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 6.2 mi
- Giant Picnic Table: 7.8 mi
- Slide House: 7.9 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 7.4 mi
- Art by local residences.: 9.6 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 11.2 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 11.6 mi
- Sonoma: 12.4 mi
- San Quentin Beach: 8.5 mi
- Point Molate Beach: 10.8 mi
- Stinson Beach: 11.7 mi
- Bolinas Beach: 12.3 mi
- Bramble Beach: 12.3 mi
- Buck Gulch Falls: 2.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 5.9 mi
- Roy's Riffles: 6.5 mi
- Little Carson Falls: 7.4 mi
- Dawn Falls: 7.8 mi
- Worn Springs: 6.3 mi
- Colier Spring: 8.6 mi
- Broko Spring: 9.0 mi
- Crystal Springs: 9.3 mi
- Rock Springs: 10.1 mi
- Rock Fort: 4.1 mi
- Vent 5: 12.5 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 13.3 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 15.4 mi
- Temple: 14.4 mi
- Keyhole: 14.8 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 15.7 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 16.3 mi
- Quarters A: 19.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 19.8 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 12.1 mi
- Rest Stop: 24.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Pacheco Valley Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | S 189° | 784 m | 8.5 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | SSW 195° | 778 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | SSW 193° | 744 m | 8.7 mi |
| Ballou Point | SSW 202° | 612 m | 10.3 mi |
| Twin Knolls | SSW 205° | 597 m | 9.9 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | WNW 282° | 575 m | 2.8 mi |
| Pine Mountain | SW 227° | 543 m | 7.4 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | SSW 193° | 527 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:58 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 7.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Rafael-civic CTR, 4 mi away.
- Pacific poison oak94 obs
- Western Fence Lizard88 obs
- Pacific madrone80 obs
- Mule Deer73 obs
- Monarch72 obs
- California bay64 obs
- Lesser Goldfinch64 obs
- Henderson's shooting star63 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358833204
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