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Poetry Garden

Poetry Garden from directly overhead

Poetry Garden is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 45 m. Mount Tamalpais West Point stands 527 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Richmond Recreation Center, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2000
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.78311, -122.47820
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 1.8 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 11
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 4.3 mi
  • Temple: 22.4 mi
  • Keyhole: 22.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 11.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Poetry Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount Tamalpais West PointNW 326°527 m11.2 mi
Wooded KnollNW 317°465 m11.2 mi
Cardiac HillNW 320°413 m10.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSE 161°371 m7.0 mi
Richardson EastNNW 347°338.6 m4.8 mi
Peak 1041NNW 334°317.297 m5.6 mi
Mount DavidsonSSE 156°283 m3.4 mi
Slacker HillN 350°282 m3.7 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:2316:1416:55

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1324192091

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