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Victor Jones Park

Victor Jones Park from directly overhead

Victor Jones Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Peacock Gap Neighborhood Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
26 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.98881, -122.48386
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 0.9 mi
  • Weber Point: 1.3 mi
  • Buckeye Point: 1.3 mi
  • Bullhead Flat: 1.4 mi
  • China Camp Point: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • San Pedro Mountain: 1.0 mi
  • Chicken Coop Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Bullet Hill: 1.3 mi
  • Turtle Back: 1.5 mi
  • San Pedro Hill: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Nike Missile Site: 1.2 mi
  • China Camp Historic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 3.7 mi
  • Slide House: 3.8 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 4.3 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Gardens
Artworks
Historic sites
Beaches: 44
Waterfalls: 17
  • Dawn Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Cascade Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Buck Gulch Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Little Carson Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Kent Falls: 8.8 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 11.8 mi
  • Temple: 17.4 mi
  • Keyhole: 17.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 10.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 21.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Victor Jones Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakSW 231°784 m6.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakSW 234°778 m7.6 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakSW 233°744 m7.1 mi
Ballou PointSW 235°612 m9.3 mi
Twin KnollsWSW 240°597 m9.3 mi
Big Rock RidgeNW 307°575 m8.2 mi
Pine MountainW 265°543 m9.2 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSW 230°527 m7.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4819:5720:37
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2316:1316:55

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch485 obs
  • California Slender Salamander360 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard283 obs
  • Mule Deer274 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower274 obs
  • Pacific poison oak255 obs
  • Pacific madrone251 obs
  • Common Manzanita207 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/358833274

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