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Santa Margarita Park

Santa Margarita Park from directly overhead

Santa Margarita Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Terra Linda-Sleepy Hollow Divide Northern Preserve, a park 0.3 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.01894, -122.57642

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 2.4 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 5.1 mi
  • Hunt Camp: 5.4 mi
  • Buckeye Point: 5.6 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Attractions
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 4.2 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 4.3 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 6.3 mi
  • Slide House: 6.3 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 6.4 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 17
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 4.7 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 5.0 mi
  • Dawn Falls: 5.6 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 12.6 mi
  • Keyhole: 13.0 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 13.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 9.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Santa Margarita Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakS 181°784 m6.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakS 190°778 m6.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakS 186°744 m6.4 mi
Ballou PointSSW 199°612 m7.8 mi
Twin KnollsSSW 204°597 m7.4 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNW 331°575 m3.2 mi
Pine MountainSW 235°543 m5.0 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointS 188°527 m7.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4919:5820:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2416:1416:55

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, 3 mi away.

  • Monarch650 obs
  • Pacific poison oak404 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard373 obs
  • coast live oak282 obs
  • California bay281 obs
  • western blue-eyed grass202 obs
  • French broom180 obs
  • California poppy169 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/583575496

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