Picnic site · California

Bolinas Park

Bolinas Park from directly overhead

Bolinas Park is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the south, 4.0 miles off.

Multiple benches shaded by trees

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Coordinates37.98559, -122.59007

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Bolinas Park: 0.1 mi
Doc Edgar Park: 0.3 mi
Lansdale Station Park: 0.7 mi
Matt Mansen Memorial Field: 0.9 mi
Kite Hill Open Space: 1.0 mi

Museums

Marin Museum of Bicycling: 0.2 mi
Marin County Historical Society Museum: 3.4 mi
Bartolini Gallery: 3.4 mi
Dixie Schoolhouse: 3.9 mi
Marin Museum of Contemporary Art: 6.3 mi

Nature reserves

Fairfax Open Space Preserve: 0.6 mi
Hawthorne Canyon Open Space Preserve: 0.8 mi
Upper Hawthorne Canyon Open Space Preserve: 0.8 mi
Piper Lane Presere: 0.9 mi
Halperin Open Space Preserve: 1.0 mi

Peaks

Cascade Peak: 1.3 mi
Bald Hill: 1.4 mi
Red Hill: 1.6 mi
Grove Hill: 1.9 mi
White Hill: 2.1 mi

Gardens

Terra Linda Community Garden: 2.3 mi
Lauren Place: 3.5 mi
Miller Creek Middle School Community Garden: 3.8 mi
San Geronimo Valley Community Garden: 4.4 mi
Canal Community Garden: 5.2 mi

Attractions

Marin Art & Garden Center, Ross: 2.6 mi
Nike Missile Site: 4.8 mi
Giant Picnic Table: 5.1 mi
Slide House: 5.1 mi
Founders Grove: 6.4 mi

Picnic sites

Marinwood Community Center Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
Rifle Camp: 4.2 mi
Potrero Camp: 4.4 mi
Barth's Retreat: 4.6 mi
Hunt Camp: 4.7 mi

Historic sites

Sitting Bull Rock and memorial: 4.3 mi
Music Stand: 4.3 mi
The Rosebowl: 4.6 mi
Throne: 4.9 mi
Old Sawmill: 5.9 mi

Artworks

Tamalpais Maiden: 4.5 mi
Blackie Horse Statue: 8.3 mi
Tiburon Portugese Mural Wall: 8.6 mi
Art by local residences.: 9.5 mi
Close to the Wind: 10.2 mi

Beaches57

San Quentin Beach: 6.6 mi
Stinson Beach: 6.8 mi
Bolinas Beach: 7.5 mi
Slide Ranch North Beach: 7.7 mi
Muir Beach: 8.7 mi

Waterfalls17

Cascade Falls: 1.8 mi
Little Carson Falls: 3.1 mi
Dawn Falls: 3.6 mi
Roy's Riffles: 4.4 mi
Cataract Falls: 4.5 mi

Springs11

Worn Springs: 1.8 mi
Colier Spring: 3.8 mi
Broko Spring: 4.1 mi
Rock Springs: 5.3 mi
Lone Tree Spring: 6.2 mi

Lighthouses9

Cliffs4

Rock Fort: 1.7 mi
Vent 5: 7.6 mi
Yellow Bluff: 12.1 mi
East Slope Badlands: 12.5 mi

Ghost towns4

Winehaven: 9.7 mi
Wingo: 18.7 mi
Eckley: 21.6 mi
Lynn: 23.3 mi

Natural arches3

Bird Island Arch: 11.5 mi
Temple: 11.6 mi
Keyhole: 12.1 mi

Hot springs1

Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 7.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Tamalpais East Peak	S 170°	784 m	4.0 mi
Mount Tamalpais West Peak	S 185°	778 m	4.3 mi
Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak	S 179°	744 m	4.1 mi
Ballou Point	SSW 200°	612 m	5.4 mi
Twin Knolls	SSW 206°	597 m	5.0 mi
Big Rock Ridge	N 351°	575 m	5.1 mi
Pine Mountain	W 260°	543 m	3.4 mi
Mount Tamalpais West Point	S 182°	527 m	4.8 mi

Conditions

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	07:24	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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12869454575

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