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Verissimo Hills Preserve

Verissimo Hills Preserve from directly overhead

Verissimo Hills Preserve is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 131 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasant Valley Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
131 m
Getting there

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Coordinates38.10825, -122.61915
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Helen Putnam: 7.6 mi
  • Hunt Camp: 7.9 mi
  • McNear Park: 8.1 mi
  • Irving Group Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Attractions
  • Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 8.7 mi
  • Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds: 9.3 mi
  • Nike Missile Site: 10.0 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 10.7 mi
  • Kule Loklo: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 54
Waterfalls: 16
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 3.5 mi
  • Roy's Riffles: 7.0 mi
  • Stairstep Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 9.7 mi
Springs: 12
Lighthouses: 7
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Temple: 13.3 mi
  • Keyhole: 13.5 mi
  • Bird Island Arch: 20.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Verissimo Hills Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakS 170°784 m12.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakS 175°778 m12.8 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakS 172°744 m12.6 mi
Ballou PointS 181°612 m13.6 mi
Twin KnollsS 183°597 m13.0 mi
Big Rock RidgeSSE 167°575 m3.5 mi
Pine MountainSSW 191°543 m9.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointS 174°527 m13.3 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:2416:1316:55

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, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Newt117 obs
  • dense-flowered owl's-clover107 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard103 obs
  • Bitterroot92 obs
  • Yellow Mariposa Lily92 obs
  • Henderson's shooting star90 obs
  • blue dicks90 obs
  • western blue-eyed grass89 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358833220

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