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Mount Tamalpais East Peak

Mount Tamalpais East Peak, a peak in California
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Mount Tamalpais East Peak, a peak in California
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Mount Tamalpais East Peak, a peak in California
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Mount Tamalpais East Peak, a peak in California
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Mount Tamalpais East Peak, a peak in California
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Mount Tamalpais East Peak, a peak in California
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Mount Tamalpais East Peak rises to 784 m in California. Mount Tamalpais West Peak stands 778 m to the west-southwest, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Sitting Bull Rock and memorial, a historic site 0.4 miles away.

About

The story

Mount Tamalpais (; TAM-əl-PY-iss; Miwok: Támal Pájiṣ), known locally as Mount Tam, is a peak in Marin County, California, United States, often considered symbolic of Marin County. Much of Mount Tamalpais is protected within public lands such as Mount Tamalpais State Park, the Marin Municipal Water District watershed, and National Park Service land, such as Muir Woods.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Wikidata Q785665, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
784 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.92904, -122.57772
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Parks
Picnic sites
  • Rifle Camp: 1.6 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 2.0 mi
  • Barth's Retreat: 2.2 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 4.0 mi
  • Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
Attractions
  • Founders Grove: 2.4 mi
  • Redwood Tree Slice: 2.5 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 2.6 mi
  • Slide House: 3.4 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 3.5 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Museums
Beaches: 53
  • Slide Ranch North Beach: 4.0 mi
  • Stinson Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Muir Beach: 4.8 mi
  • San Quentin Beach: 5.3 mi
  • Pirates Cove: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
  • Dawn Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Midway Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Kent Falls: 3.1 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 3.1 mi
Springs: 11
Lighthouses: 9
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.6 mi
  • Temple: 12.8 mi
  • Keyhole: 13.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 4.1 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Mount Tamalpais East Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais West PeakWSW 251°778 m1.1 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakWSW 256°744 m0.6 mi
Ballou PointWSW 245°612 m2.8 mi
Twin KnollsW 259°597 m2.9 mi
Big Rock RidgeN 351°575 m9.1 mi
Pine MountainNW 309°543 m5.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointSW 225°527 m1.2 mi
Loma AltaNNW 344°484 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1518:4819:23
June solstice05:4919:5720:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2316:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586266686867635549
Precip in8.88.76.02.61.40.40.00.00.12.04.69.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kentfield, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/312912379

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