Artwork · California
Calliope
Calliope is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east-northeast, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Marina Mall, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1982
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates37.86417, -122.31380
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Marina Mall: 0.0 mi
- Shorebird Park: 0.2 mi
- Horseshoe Park: 0.2 mi
- Brickyard Cove: 0.5 mi
- Berkeley Meadow: 0.5 mi
Museums
- Shorebird Nature Center: 0.1 mi
- Takara Sake Museum: 0.8 mi
- California Historical Radio Society Bay Area Radio Museum: 1.4 mi
- Berkeley Historical Society: 2.3 mi
- Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles: 2.5 mi
Artworks
- Guardian, by Fredric Fierstein: 0.2 mi
- bronze plaque: 0.2 mi
- Bye Bye Fog: 0.8 mi
- Ohlone Dancers: 0.8 mi
- Pablo: 0.8 mi
Gardens
- Urban Adamah: 1.4 mi
- Village Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- BYA Urban Farm and Community Garden: 1.5 mi
- Karl Linn Community Garden: 1.7 mi
- Peralta Community Garden: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
- Rancho Codornices: 1.7 mi
- Farms: In West Berkeley?: 1.7 mi
- Christie Park: 1.8 mi
- Historic McGee-Spaulding District: 1.9 mi
- William Byron Rumford: 2.0 mi
Peaks
- Albany Hill: 2.2 mi
- Holy Hill: 3.0 mi
- Observatory Hill: 3.0 mi
- Tightwad Hill: 3.5 mi
- Pill Hill: 4.0 mi
Attractions
- Omescape: 2.4 mi
- Metallica Mansion: 2.7 mi
- Sather Tower: 3.1 mi
- SS Red Oak Victory: 4.0 mi
- Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline: 2.5 mi
- Grinnell Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- South Richmond Shoreline: 3.2 mi
- Tern Nesting: 3.5 mi
- Ecological Study Area: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites
- Picnic Area #2: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 3.2 mi
- Picnic area #3: 3.2 mi
- Acacia: 4.0 mi
- Meadows: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 39
- Albany Beach: 1.7 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 2.7 mi
- Radio Beach: 2.8 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 4.0 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 4.7 mi
Springs: 25
- El Polín Spring: 9.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.2 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.2 mi
- Old Spring: 11.9 mi
- Worn Springs: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Abrigo Falls: 10.4 mi
- Huntington Falls: 11.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.0 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 11.4 mi
- Dawn Falls: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- East Slope Badlands: 5.1 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 8.9 mi
- Chab: 13.6 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 15.1 mi
- Rock Fort: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 8
- Lynn: 6.2 mi
- Winehaven: 8.3 mi
- Eckley: 14.4 mi
- Russell City: 17.6 mi
- Stokes Landing: 20.7 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Quarters A: 4.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 4.7 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 12.2 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Stop: 18.9 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 22.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 12.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Calliope. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | ENE 75° | 581 m | 5.2 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | E 79° | 540 m | 5.0 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | ENE 74° | 531 m | 4.5 mi |
| Round Top | E 98° | 531 m | 6.7 mi |
| Barberry Peak | E 86° | 513 m | 5.5 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | E 93° | 498 m | 6.3 mi |
| Eureka Peak | E 79° | 495 m | 5.6 mi |
| Redwood Peak | ESE 113° | 493 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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