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San Anselmo Memorial Park

San Anselmo Memorial Park from directly overhead

San Anselmo Memorial Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 23 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Ridge Open Space Preserve, a nature reserve 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
23 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.98284, -122.56664

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Red Hill Community Park: 0.2 mi
  • Faude Park: 0.2 mi
  • Oak Park: 0.4 mi
  • Creek Park: 0.5 mi
  • Imagination Park: 0.6 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Bolinas Park: 1.3 mi
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Rifle Camp: 4.4 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 4.6 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 4.7 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 1.6 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 3.6 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 4.0 mi
  • Slide House: 4.0 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 5.8 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches: 54
  • San Quentin Beach: 5.4 mi
  • Stinson Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Slide Ranch North Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Bolinas Beach: 8.3 mi
  • Muir Beach: 8.5 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Cascade Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Cataract Falls: 5.1 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 5.2 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 11.1 mi
  • Temple: 12.9 mi
  • Keyhole: 13.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 7.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of San Anselmo Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakS 189°784 m3.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakSSW 202°778 m4.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakSSW 197°744 m4.0 mi
Ballou PointSSW 213°612 m5.8 mi
Twin KnollsSW 219°597 m5.5 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNW 339°575 m5.7 mi
Pine MountainW 265°543 m4.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSSW 198°527 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5820:37
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 °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, 2 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard505 obs
  • Pacific poison oak364 obs
  • Western Honey Bee295 obs
  • California bay287 obs
  • California poppy268 obs
  • Monarch268 obs
  • Mule Deer265 obs
  • Ithuriel's Spear258 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/245275959

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