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Piper Park

Piper Park from directly overhead

Piper Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west-southwest, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Heatherwood Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

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Coordinates37.94012, -122.52968
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Slide House: 0.7 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 0.7 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 2.0 mi
  • Redwood Tree Slice: 4.0 mi
  • Founders Grove: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Rifle Camp: 4.3 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 4.5 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 4.7 mi
  • Barth's Retreat: 4.9 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 48
Waterfalls: 16
  • Dawn Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Kent Falls: 4.7 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 5.5 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: 8.0 mi
  • Temple: 15.2 mi
  • Keyhole: 15.7 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 6.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 24.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Piper Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakWSW 254°784 m2.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakWSW 253°778 m3.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakWSW 254°744 m3.3 mi
Ballou PointWSW 249°612 m5.5 mi
Twin KnollsWSW 257°597 m5.7 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNW 334°575 m9.2 mi
Pine MountainWNW 291°543 m7.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointWSW 245°527 m3.9 mi
Conditions

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-necked Stilt356 obs
  • Snowy Egret319 obs
  • fennel291 obs
  • Monarch258 obs
  • Great Egret245 obs
  • Mallard231 obs
  • Pacific trillium229 obs
  • French broom227 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/242771309

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