- Elevation, modelled
- 40 m
- Tallest summit within 13.0 miles
- Montara Mountain North Peak570 m · 11.1 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:36local time
- Coordinates
- 37.7223, -122.4774
Head of St. Francis is a artwork in California, at a modelled 40 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is “Connect the Dots”: 40th anniversary, 1968 student-strike, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
- Material
- marble
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Head of St. Francis. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montara Mountain North Peak | S 180° | 570 m | 11.1 mi |
| Peak Mountain | S 182° | 545 m | 11.1 mi |
| South Peak | S 181° | 545 m | 11.5 mi |
| Montara Knob | S 182° | 487 m | 11.4 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SE 136° | 371 m | 3.3 mi |
| Richardson East | N 353° | 338.6 m | 9.0 mi |
| San Pedro Mountain | S 189° | 325 m | 10.4 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 345° | 317.297 m | 9.5 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- “Connect the Dots”: 40th anniversary, 1968 student-strike: 0.0 mi
- Civil Rights Memorial 1954-1968: 0.0 mi
- Meryl Bennington Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 0.1 mi
- Juan Bautista De Anza: 1.0 mi
Gardens
- Stormwater / Roofwater Management Bioswales: 0.0 mi
- HSS Courtyard: 0.1 mi
- Landscape Learning Library: 0.1 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 0.1 mi
- Habitat Gardens: 0.1 mi
Parks
- Fairy Circle: 0.1 mi
- Secret Garden: 0.1 mi
- Junipero Serra Playground: 0.3 mi
- Robert Pender Park: 0.3 mi
- Merced Heights Playground: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- Tiger sculpture: 0.1 mi
- Hall of fame photo collage: 0.1 mi
- Couple's Statue: 0.2 mi
- Waterfall Column: 0.2 mi
- Beniamino Bufano "Peace" Statue: 0.5 mi
Attractions
- Gregangelo Museum: 0.9 mi
- Fake Seagull: 1.0 mi
- Grizzly Gulch: 1.4 mi
- Eagle Island: 1.4 mi
- Chacoan Peccary: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Fort Funston: 1.4 mi
- San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 7.9 mi
- Pedro Point Headlands: 9.6 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 9.6 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 11.1 mi
Museums
- Daly City History Museum: 1.5 mi
- Colma Historical Museum: 3.0 mi
- California Academy of Sciences: 3.3 mi
- GLBT History Museum: 3.5 mi
- Randall Museum: 3.6 mi
Peaks
- City College Hill: 1.5 mi
- Mount Davidson: 1.7 mi
- Edgehill Heights: 1.7 mi
- Forest Hill: 1.9 mi
- Larsen Peak: 2.0 mi
Picnic sites
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 5.7 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 58
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 1.7 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 4.8 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 5.5 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 5.7 mi
- East Beach: 6.0 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Huntington Falls: 3.2 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 3.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.4 mi
- Kent Falls: 12.5 mi
- Dawn Falls: 15.6 mi
Springs: 13
- El Polín Spring: 5.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.1 mi
- Old Spring: 9.5 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 13.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Yellow Bluff: 7.9 mi
- Aramai Point: 8.1 mi
- Vent 5: 13.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 14.5 mi
- Chab: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Lynn: 14.4 mi
- Winehaven: 16.2 mi
- Russell City: 19.4 mi
- Stokes Landing: 20.1 mi
- Purissima: 22.3 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
- Quarters A: 8.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 7.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 2 mi away.
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