Picnic site · California
Azalea Picnic Area
Azalea Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Redwood Grove Group Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Samuel P. Taylor State Park
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
Coordinates38.01857, -122.73151
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Barnabe Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Deer Point: 1.6 mi
- Firtop: 3.0 mi
- Green Hill: 3.5 mi
- Shroyer Mountain: 4.6 mi
Attractions
- Leo T. Cronin Fish Viewing Area: 1.6 mi
- Kule Loklo: 4.3 mi
- Point Reyes Shipwrecks: 8.5 mi
- Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 10.4 mi
- Stinson tree: 10.7 mi
Museums
- The Phoenix Collection Tea Museum: 1.7 mi
- Bolinas Museum: 7.9 mi
- Marin Museum of Bicycling: 8.0 mi
- The Jack Mason Museum of West Marin History: 8.6 mi
- Marin Museum of the American Indian: 9.7 mi
Parks
- Forest Knolls Park: 2.3 mi
- Larsen Meadow: 3.3 mi
- San Geronimo Commons: 3.8 mi
- San Geronimo Meadow: 3.9 mi
- Central Park of Woodacre: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
- French Ranch Open Space Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Maurice Thorner Memorial Open Space Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Gary Giacomini Open Space Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Roy's Redwoods Open Space Preserve: 3.9 mi
- White Hill Open Space Preserve: 6.2 mi
Gardens
- San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Indian Valley Organic Farm and Garden: 8.9 mi
- Terra Linda Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Lauren Place: 11.6 mi
Historic sites
- Point Reyes National Seashore dedication plaque: 4.1 mi
- Music Stand: 8.9 mi
- Throne: 9.3 mi
- Probably repair location of Golden Hind June 1579: 10.7 mi
- Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 10.8 mi
Artworks
- Tamalpais Maiden: 12.4 mi
- Sonoma: 15.6 mi
- Welcome to Petaluma: 15.7 mi
- Blackie Horse Statue: 15.7 mi
- Down the Rabbit Hole: 15.7 mi
Beaches: 54
- Wildcat Beach: 4.8 mi
- Kelham Beach: 5.1 mi
- Secret Beach: 6.0 mi
- Palomarin Beach: 6.1 mi
- Sculptured Beach: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites: 34
- Redwood Grove Group Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Irving Group Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Hunt Camp: 3.3 mi
- Bear Valley Picnic area: 4.0 mi
- Bolinas Park: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Stairstep Falls: 1.2 mi
- Roy's Riffles: 3.8 mi
- Alamere Falls: 5.3 mi
- Little Carson Falls: 5.8 mi
- Cascade Falls: 6.4 mi
Springs: 11
- Crystal Springs: 0.8 mi
- Broko Spring: 7.8 mi
- Worn Springs: 9.2 mi
- Colier Spring: 9.6 mi
- Rock Springs: 9.8 mi
Lighthouses: 9
- Point Reyes Light Station: 15.7 mi
- Paint Storage: 15.8 mi
- Point Reyes Lighthouse Visitor Center: 15.8 mi
- Transformer Building: 15.9 mi
- Power House: 16.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Rock Fort: 9.5 mi
- Vent 5: 11.5 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 18.9 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 20.5 mi
- Tomales Bluff: 20.9 mi
Natural arches: 3
- Temple: 4.7 mi
- Keyhole: 4.9 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 17.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Azalea Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | SE 126° | 784 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | SE 132° | 778 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | SE 129° | 744 m | 10.0 mi |
| Ballou Point | SE 142° | 612 m | 9.4 mi |
| Twin Knolls | SE 141° | 597 m | 8.7 mi |
| Big Rock Ridge | ENE 68° | 575 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pine Mountain | ESE 124° | 543 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | SE 133° | 527 m | 10.3 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 | 20:38 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:24 | 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 | 50 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 7.1 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 7.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Rafael-civic CTR, 11 mi away.
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