Peak · California
Bare Knoll
Bare Knoll rises to 478 m in California. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the northeast, 2.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Wooded Knoll, a peak 0.1 miles away.
The story
Mountain in United States of America.
Wikidata Q35725853, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 478 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.90159, -122.61804
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Wooded Knoll: 0.1 mi
- Ballou Point: 0.8 mi
- Cardiac Hill: 0.9 mi
- Twin Knolls: 1.5 mi
- Mount Tamalpais West Point: 1.7 mi
Parks
- Mount Tamalpais Game Refuge: 2.1 mi
- Cascade Park: 3.0 mi
- Earnscliffe Park: 3.1 mi
- Edgewood Park: 3.2 mi
- Stolte Grove: 3.5 mi
Museums
- Bolinas Museum: 3.7 mi
- Marin Museum of Bicycling: 6.2 mi
- Marin County Historical Society Museum: 7.0 mi
- Nike Missile Site SF-88: 7.1 mi
- Bay Model Visitor Center: 7.2 mi
Artworks
- Tamalpais Maiden: 6.0 mi
- Guardian of the Gate North (Totem 5 of 8): 6.6 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 7.0 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 7.3 mi
- Close to the Wind: 7.5 mi
Gardens
- Lauren Place: 7.0 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 8.2 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 9.7 mi
Attractions: 59
- Stinson tree: 1.0 mi
- Founders Grove: 2.5 mi
- Redwood Tree Slice: 2.5 mi
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 5.4 mi
- Slide House: 6.2 mi
Historic sites
- Throne: 1.1 mi
- Music Stand: 1.7 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 3.0 mi
- Old Sawmill: 3.5 mi
- The Rosebowl: 5.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Muir Woods National Monument: 2.1 mi
- Martin Griffin Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Baltimore Canyon Open Space Preserve: 4.0 mi
- Blithedale Summit Open Space Preserve: 4.1 mi
- Camino Alto Open Space Preserve: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 55
- Stinson Beach: 1.3 mi
- Slide Ranch North Beach: 2.1 mi
- Bolinas Beach: 3.6 mi
- Muir Beach: 3.7 mi
- Pirates Cove: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 54
- Barth's Retreat: 1.5 mi
- Potrero Camp: 1.7 mi
- Rifle Camp: 1.8 mi
- Bolinas Park: 6.0 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 7.2 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Laurel Dell Falls: 1.7 mi
- Midway Falls: 2.0 mi
- Helen Markt Falls: 2.2 mi
- Cataract Falls: 2.3 mi
- Kent Falls: 2.5 mi
Springs: 9
- Rock Springs: 0.7 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 0.9 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 1.1 mi
- Colier Spring: 2.4 mi
- Broko Spring: 2.5 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 7.7 mi
- Quarters A: 15.4 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 15.4 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 22.8 mi
- Paint Storage: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Vent 5: 1.7 mi
- Rock Fort: 7.0 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 9.1 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 13.1 mi
- Aramai Point: 21.4 mi
Natural arches: 3
- Bird Island Arch: 7.0 mi
- Temple: 11.5 mi
- Keyhole: 12.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 1.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Bare Knoll. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | NE 49° | 784 m | 2.9 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | NE 37° | 778 m | 1.9 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | NE 42° | 744 m | 2.4 mi |
| Ballou Point | NNW 334° | 612 m | 0.8 mi |
| Twin Knolls | NNW 333° | 597 m | 1.5 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | N 4° | 575 m | 10.9 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NNW 340° | 543 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NE 52° | 527 m | 1.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:58 | 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 | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 67 | 63 | 55 | 49 |
| Precip in | 8.8 | 8.7 | 6.0 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 4.6 | 9.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1800640 — Bare Knoll, Marin County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358832657
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