Dutch Windmill
Dutch Windmill is an attraction in California, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Mount Tamalpais West Point stands 527 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert W. Carroll, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
windmill on the northwestern edge of Golden Gate Park in San Francisco, California
Dates from 1902.
Wikidata Q54799943, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1903
- Height
- 13 m
- Elevation
- 11 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert W. Carroll: 0.0 mi
- Roald Amundsen: 0.1 mi
- City Fields Foundation (2015): 0.1 mi
- Playland-At-The-Beach (1920s-1972): 0.2 mi
- Schooner Parallel “Blown To Atoms” 1887: 0.6 mi
- Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 0.0 mi
- Sunset Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.8 mi
- Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.8 mi
- Children's Garden: 1.9 mi
- “San Francisco Life”, Lucien Lebaudt (WPA 1936): 0.1 mi
- “Playland Revisited”, Ray Beldner 1996: 0.2 mi
- Diana: 0.6 mi
- Concrete Turtle: 0.8 mi
- The Thinker: 1.1 mi
- Murphy Windmill: 0.4 mi
- Camera Obscura: 0.6 mi
- Sunset Dunes Art Exhibition: 0.6 mi
- Sutro Baths: 0.7 mi
- Anglers Lodge: 0.7 mi
- Sutro Heights Park: 0.5 mi
- Cabrillo Playground: 0.6 mi
- La Playa Park: 0.7 mi
- La Playa Park: 0.7 mi
- Fulton Playground: 1.2 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 3.6 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 3.9 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 1.2 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.7 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 3.7 mi
- East Beach: 4.0 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 4.4 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 2.2 mi
- Grand View Hill: 2.3 mi
- Rob Hill: 2.5 mi
- Larsen Peak: 2.6 mi
- Fort Funston: 3.4 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.2 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Aramburu Island: 8.2 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.7 mi
- Huntington Falls: 1.9 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 6.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.7 mi
- Dawn Falls: 12.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.5 mi
- Old Spring: 5.8 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 10.1 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Vent 5: 9.5 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.3 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 12.4 mi
- Rock Fort: 15.5 mi
- Winehaven: 13.5 mi
- Lynn: 15.2 mi
- Russell City: 22.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 23.3 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 3.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 8.4 mi
- Quarters A: 8.4 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 4.0 mi
- Temple: 21.7 mi
- Keyhole: 22.2 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 10.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Dutch Windmill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NNW 335° | 527 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bare Knoll | NNW 327° | 478 m | 10.8 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NNW 326° | 465 m | 10.8 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NNW 330° | 413 m | 10.1 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SE 145° | 371 m | 7.0 mi |
| Richardson East | N 6° | 338.6 m | 5.6 mi |
| Peak 1041 | N 353° | 317.297 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SE 126° | 283 m | 3.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 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 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/287921407
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