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Sutton Park

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Sutton Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Lee Garner Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

What to expect

Access
unknown

How to reach it

Coordinates38.10644, -122.58555

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 8.8 mi
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 9.7 mi
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 9.7 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 9.9 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 10.2 mi
Beaches: 56
Waterfalls: 17
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 7.7 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 8.7 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 10.0 mi
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 14.7 mi
  • Keyhole: 14.9 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 19.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Sutton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakS 178°784 m12.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakS 183°778 m12.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakS 181°744 m12.4 mi
Ballou PointS 189°612 m13.6 mi
Twin KnollsS 191°597 m13.0 mi
Big Rock RidgeSSW 197°575 m3.4 mi
Pine MountainSSW 202°543 m9.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointS 182°527 m13.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4819:5820:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2416:1316:55

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, 8 mi away.

  • dense-flowered owl's-clover136 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard126 obs
  • blue dicks119 obs
  • creamcups114 obs
  • California buckeye108 obs
  • Sun Cup107 obs
  • Bitterroot103 obs
  • Monarch103 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/655482421

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