Artwork · California
Street Whale
Street Whale is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 74 m. Cardiac Hill stands 413 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Trees from 13 Colonies, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- wood
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates37.77081, -122.47265
Named places within 25 miles
Historic sites
- Trees from 13 Colonies: 0.1 mi
- Pioneer Mother Monument: 0.1 mi
- T.G. Masaryk: 0.1 mi
- Pioneer Log Cabin: 0.1 mi
- Sweeny Observatory Ruins: 0.2 mi
Attractions
- Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Japanese Tea Garden: 0.1 mi
- Chinese Pavillion: 0.2 mi
- Spreckels Temple of Music: 0.2 mi
- San Francisco Botanical Garden: 0.3 mi
Artworks
- Peace Lantern: 0.1 mi
- Buddha: 0.1 mi
- Three Gems: 0.2 mi
- Heights I: 0.2 mi
- Artificial Rock: 0.2 mi
Gardens
- Andean Cloud Forest Garden: 0.2 mi
- Chile: 0.2 mi
- Zellenbach Garden of Perennials: 0.2 mi
- Australia Garden: 0.2 mi
- Gondwana Circle: 0.2 mi
Peaks
- Strawberry Hill: 0.2 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 0.3 mi
- Grand View Hill: 1.0 mi
- Mount Sutro: 1.2 mi
- Ignatius Heights: 1.2 mi
Parks
- Argonne Community Garden: 0.2 mi
- Music Concourse: 0.3 mi
- Golden Gate Park: 0.5 mi
- Argonne Playground: 0.7 mi
- Muriel Leff Mini Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
- California Academy of Sciences: 0.4 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 1.4 mi
- Gadar Memorial: 1.5 mi
- San Francisco Fire Department Pioneer Museum: 1.7 mi
- Legion of Honor: 1.8 mi
Picnic sites
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 2.4 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Fort Funston: 3.8 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.4 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.3 mi
- Aramburu Island: 8.3 mi
Beaches: 58
- Marshall's Beach: 2.2 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 2.2 mi
- East Beach: 2.7 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 4.2 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Huntington Falls: 0.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.7 mi
- Kent Falls: 9.8 mi
- Dawn Falls: 12.6 mi
Springs: 11
- El Polín Spring: 1.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 1.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 1.9 mi
- Old Spring: 6.5 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 11.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Yellow Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Vent 5: 10.8 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.3 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.5 mi
- Rock Fort: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Winehaven: 12.8 mi
- Lynn: 13.2 mi
- Russell City: 20.2 mi
- Stokes Landing: 21.6 mi
- Eckley: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.5 mi
- Quarters A: 6.5 mi
Natural arches: 3
- Bird Island Arch: 5.1 mi
- Temple: 23.2 mi
- Keyhole: 23.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 11.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Street Whale. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac Hill | NW 321° | 413 m | 11.2 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 161° | 371 m | 6.1 mi |
| Richardson East | NNW 346° | 338.6 m | 5.7 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 335° | 317.297 m | 6.5 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SSE 155° | 283 m | 2.5 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NNW 348° | 282 m | 4.5 mi |
| Hawk Hill | NNW 340° | 281 m | 4.2 mi |
| Mount Sutro | SE 136° | 278 m | 1.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 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).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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