Ross Commons
Ross Commons is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south-southwest, 2.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross, a attraction 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 0.1 mi
- Giant Picnic Table: 2.6 mi
- Slide House: 2.6 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 3.9 mi
- Founders Grove: 4.8 mi
- Moore Hill: 0.7 mi
- Ross Hill: 0.7 mi
- Moore Hill: 1.1 mi
- Red Hill: 1.3 mi
- Bald Hill: 1.3 mi
- Upper Toyon Ridge Nature Preserve (WAN): 0.7 mi
- West End San Rafael Open Space: 0.9 mi
- West End San Rafael Open Space: 0.9 mi
- Sentinel Nature Preserve (WAN): 1.1 mi
- San Rafael Open Space: 1.1 mi
- Ross Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Ross Open Space: 0.8 mi
- Natalie Coffin Greene Park: 0.9 mi
- Imagination Park: 1.0 mi
- Creek Park: 1.1 mi
- Marin County Historical Society Museum: 1.8 mi
- Marin Museum of Bicycling: 2.6 mi
- Bartolini Gallery: 3.2 mi
- Dixie Schoolhouse: 4.7 mi
- China Camp State Park Museum: 5.9 mi
- Lauren Place: 1.8 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 4.8 mi
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 2.1 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 5.8 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 6.2 mi
- Art by local residences.: 7.5 mi
- Close to the Wind: 7.8 mi
- The Rosebowl: 2.2 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 2.6 mi
- Old Sawmill: 3.9 mi
- Music Stand: 4.1 mi
- Throne: 4.5 mi
- Bolinas Park: 2.5 mi
- Rifle Camp: 3.6 mi
- Potrero Camp: 4.0 mi
- Barth's Retreat: 4.2 mi
- Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- San Quentin Beach: 4.3 mi
- Stinson Beach: 6.4 mi
- Slide Ranch North Beach: 6.5 mi
- Bramble Beach: 7.1 mi
- Muir Beach: 7.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 1.6 mi
- Cascade Falls: 3.9 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 4.7 mi
- Cataract Falls: 4.7 mi
- Helen Markt Falls: 4.8 mi
- Worn Springs: 1.2 mi
- Colier Spring: 3.0 mi
- Broko Spring: 4.5 mi
- Rock Springs: 4.6 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 5.1 mi
- Rock Fort: 2.1 mi
- Vent 5: 6.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 9.8 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 10.2 mi
- Aramai Point: 24.7 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 9.6 mi
- Temple: 13.5 mi
- Keyhole: 14.0 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
- Quarters A: 15.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 15.0 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 6.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Ross Commons. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | SSW 207° | 784 m | 2.5 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | SW 220° | 778 m | 3.4 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | SW 216° | 744 m | 2.9 mi |
| Ballou Point | SW 227° | 612 m | 5.0 mi |
| Twin Knolls | SW 235° | 597 m | 4.9 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | NNW 339° | 575 m | 7.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | WNW 282° | 543 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | SSW 213° | 527 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:37 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 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 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, under a mile away.
- Western Fence Lizard608 obs
- Western Honey Bee335 obs
- Pacific hound's tongue332 obs
- Monarch329 obs
- California buckeye309 obs
- checker lily305 obs
- California bay300 obs
- French broom300 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 way/340963459
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