Mount Tamalpais West Peak
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Mount Tamalpais West Peak rises to 778 m in California. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the east-northeast, 1.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Colier Spring, a spring 0.5 miles away.
The story
mountain in California, United States of America
Wikidata Q49088648, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 778 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Tamalpais Game Refuge: 0.5 mi
- Cascade Park: 1.9 mi
- Blithdale Park: 2.3 mi
- Earnscliffe Park: 2.3 mi
- Edgewood Park: 2.5 mi
- Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak: 0.5 mi
- Mount Tamalpais West Point: 0.5 mi
- Mount Tamalpais East Peak: 1.1 mi
- Serpentine Point: 1.2 mi
- Ballou Point: 1.7 mi
- Rifle Camp: 0.6 mi
- Potrero Camp: 0.9 mi
- Barth's Retreat: 1.1 mi
- Bolinas Park: 4.3 mi
- Hunt Camp: 6.9 mi
- Music Stand: 1.1 mi
- Throne: 1.2 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 1.3 mi
- Old Sawmill: 2.7 mi
- The Rosebowl: 3.5 mi
- Muir Woods National Monument: 2.1 mi
- Baltimore Canyon Open Space Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Blithedale Summit Open Space Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Camino Alto Open Space Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Elliott Nature Preserve: 3.8 mi
- Founders Grove: 2.4 mi
- Redwood Tree Slice: 2.5 mi
- Stinson tree: 2.9 mi
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 3.5 mi
- Slide House: 4.5 mi
- Tamalpais Maiden: 4.3 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 6.2 mi
- Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 6.5 mi
- Guardian of the Gate North (Totem 5 of 8): 7.2 mi
- Close to the Wind: 7.3 mi
- Marin Museum of Bicycling: 4.4 mi
- Bolinas Museum: 4.9 mi
- Marin County Historical Society Museum: 5.1 mi
- Bartolini Gallery: 6.6 mi
- Bay Model Visitor Center: 6.9 mi
- Lauren Place: 5.1 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Canal Community Garden: 5.9 mi
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 7.3 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Stinson Beach: 3.1 mi
- Slide Ranch North Beach: 3.4 mi
- Muir Beach: 4.6 mi
- Bolinas Beach: 4.9 mi
- Pirates Cove: 5.3 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 1.8 mi
- Midway Falls: 2.0 mi
- Dawn Falls: 2.1 mi
- Helen Markt Falls: 2.1 mi
- Cataract Falls: 2.2 mi
- Colier Spring: 0.5 mi
- Rock Springs: 1.2 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 1.9 mi
- Broko Spring: 2.1 mi
- Worn Springs: 2.8 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 8.3 mi
- Quarters A: 15.1 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 15.1 mi
- Point Reyes Light Station: 23.5 mi
- Paint Storage: 23.6 mi
- Vent 5: 3.4 mi
- Rock Fort: 5.1 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 9.1 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.9 mi
- Aramai Point: 22.6 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 7.6 mi
- Temple: 11.9 mi
- Keyhole: 12.4 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 3.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Mount Tamalpais West Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | ENE 71° | 784 m | 1.1 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | ENE 64° | 744 m | 0.5 mi |
| Ballou Point | WSW 241° | 612 m | 1.7 mi |
| Twin Knolls | W 264° | 597 m | 1.8 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | N 358° | 575 m | 9.4 mi |
| Pine Mountain | NW 321° | 543 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | SSE 162° | 527 m | 0.5 mi |
| Loma Alta | N 353° | 484 m | 7.0 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358807700
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