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Hidden Garden Steps

Hidden Garden Steps from directly overhead

Hidden Garden Steps is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 119 m. Cardiac Hill stands 413 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is 15th Avenue Steps, a park 0.1 miles away.

Hidden Garden Steps features Aileen Barr & Colette Crutcher's 148-step ceramic-tile mosaic on 16th Avenue, between Kirkham and Lawton streets, in San Francisco's Inner Sunset District.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.75968, -122.47361

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 15th Avenue Steps: 0.1 mi
  • Green Hairstreak Corridor - Aloha & Lomita: 0.1 mi
  • Grand View Park: 0.2 mi
  • Grandview Open Space: 0.3 mi
  • Green Hairstreak Corridor - Mount Steps (access point): 0.4 mi
Gardens
  • Alice Fong Yu School Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Children's Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Nursery Center for Sustainable Gardening: 0.5 mi
  • Succulent Garden: 0.5 mi
  • California Native Garden: 0.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 3.1 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 5.6 mi
  • Temple: 23.6 mi
  • Keyhole: 24.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 12.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Hidden Garden Steps. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cardiac HillNW 324°413 m11.8 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSE 157°371 m5.4 mi
Richardson EastNNW 348°338.6 m6.4 mi
Peak 1041NNW 338°317.297 m7.1 mi
Mount DavidsonSE 143°283 m1.8 mi
Slacker HillN 350°282 m5.3 mi
Hawk HillNNW 344°281 m5.0 mi
Mount SutroE 97°278 m0.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525456565860606263625753
Precip in4.44.43.21.60.70.20.00.10.10.92.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/47174862

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