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Palm Hill

Palm Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Palm Hill rises to 54 m in California. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the west, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Heatherwood Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

The story

mountain in California, United States of America

Wikidata Q49059514, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
54 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.93242, -122.52914

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Slide House: 0.9 mi
  • Giant Picnic Table: 0.9 mi
  • Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 2.4 mi
  • Redwood Tree Slice: 3.6 mi
  • Founders Grove: 3.6 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Rifle Camp: 4.2 mi
  • Potrero Camp: 4.6 mi
  • Barth's Retreat: 4.8 mi
  • Bolinas Park: 5.0 mi
  • Miwok Meadows Day-Use Area: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 48
Waterfalls: 16
  • Dawn Falls: 1.8 mi
  • Kent Falls: 4.2 mi
  • Laurel Dell Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Midway Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Helen Markt Falls: 5.8 mi
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 5
Ghost towns: 4
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.5 mi
  • Temple: 15.3 mi
  • Keyhole: 15.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 6.4 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Palm Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais East PeakW 265°784 m2.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PeakW 261°778 m3.7 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle PeakW 263°744 m3.3 mi
Ballou PointWSW 255°612 m5.4 mi
Twin KnollsW 262°597 m5.6 mi
Big Rock RidgeNNW 335°575 m9.7 mi
Pine MountainWNW 295°543 m7.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West PointWSW 253°527 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:37
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2316:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358807039

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