Sun Valley Park
Sun Valley Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 34 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south-southwest, 4.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Grove Hill, a peak 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 34 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Grove Hill: 0.6 mi
- San Rafael Hill: 0.7 mi
- Moore Hill: 0.9 mi
- Red Hill: 0.9 mi
- Moore Hill: 1.1 mi
- Sentinel Nature Preserve (WAN): 0.7 mi
- West End San Rafael Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Mountain Park: 0.8 mi
- Boyd Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- West End San Rafael Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Los Ranchitos Park: 0.9 mi
- Red Hill Community Park: 1.0 mi
- Sorich Ranch Park: 1.0 mi
- Oliver Hartzell Park: 1.1 mi
- Creek Park: 1.1 mi
- Marin County Historical Society Museum: 1.0 mi
- Bartolini Gallery: 1.6 mi
- Marin Museum of Bicycling: 2.5 mi
- Dixie Schoolhouse: 3.2 mi
- China Camp State Park Museum: 4.7 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Lauren Place: 1.2 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Miles McKey Meditation Garden: 5.3 mi
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 1.6 mi
- Nike Missile Site: 2.5 mi
- Giant Picnic Table: 3.3 mi
- Slide House: 3.3 mi
- China Camp Historic Area: 4.7 mi
- Bolinas Park: 2.5 mi
- Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 3.5 mi
- Buckeye Point: 4.2 mi
- Weber Point: 4.3 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 2.8 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 6.7 mi
- Art by local residences.: 7.0 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 7.1 mi
- Close to the Wind: 8.9 mi
- The Rosebowl: 3.3 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 4.3 mi
- Marcia Lois Grimm: 4.9 mi
- Old Sawmill: 5.4 mi
- Music Stand: 5.5 mi
- San Quentin Beach: 4.4 mi
- Point Molate Beach: 7.8 mi
- Bramble Beach: 7.9 mi
- Stinson Beach: 8.0 mi
- Slide Ranch North Beach: 8.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 3.2 mi
- Cascade Falls: 4.2 mi
- Little Carson Falls: 5.5 mi
- Cataract Falls: 6.1 mi
- Buck Gulch Falls: 6.1 mi
- Worn Springs: 2.4 mi
- Colier Spring: 4.5 mi
- Broko Spring: 5.8 mi
- Rock Springs: 6.2 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 6.7 mi
- Rock Fort: 1.0 mi
- Vent 5: 8.3 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 10.1 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 10.9 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 11.0 mi
- Temple: 14.1 mi
- Keyhole: 14.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 11.6 mi
- Quarters A: 15.6 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 15.7 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 8.1 mi
- Rest Stop: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Sun Valley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | SSW 206° | 784 m | 4.1 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | SW 215° | 778 m | 5.0 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | SSW 212° | 744 m | 4.5 mi |
| Ballou Point | SW 222° | 612 m | 6.5 mi |
| Twin Knolls | SW 228° | 597 m | 6.3 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | NNW 328° | 575 m | 6.2 mi |
| Pine Mountain | W 266° | 543 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | SSW 210° | 527 m | 5.3 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 | 19:57 | 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 | 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, 1 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard577 obs
- Monarch484 obs
- Western Honey Bee347 obs
- Pacific poison oak330 obs
- Mule Deer251 obs
- California poppy250 obs
- coast live oak242 obs
- American Crow205 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/275439195
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