San Francisco Botanical Garden
San Francisco Botanical Garden is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 70 m. Cardiac Hill stands 413 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is South Africa Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The San Francisco Botanical Garden at Strybing Arboretum (formerly Strybing Arboretum) is located in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. Its 55 acres (22.3 ha) represents nearly 9,000 different kinds of plants from around the world, with particular focus on Magnolia species, high elevation palms, conifers, and cloud forest species from Central America, South America and Southeast Asia. San Francisco's County Fair Building is located near the main entrance to the Garden. The San Francisco Botanical Garden is now one of the three locations of the Gardens of Golden Gate Park, along with the Japanese Tea Garden and the Conservatory of Flowers.
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Wikidata Q589884, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- San Francisco Recreation & Parks Department;San Francisco Botanical Garden Society
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- South Africa Garden: 0.0 mi
- New Zealand Garden: 0.0 mi
- Camellia Garden: 0.1 mi
- California Native Garden: 0.1 mi
- Moon Viewing Garden: 0.1 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 0.1 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 0.3 mi
- Grand View Hill: 0.8 mi
- Mount Sutro: 1.0 mi
- Larsen Peak: 1.2 mi
- Saint Francis of Assisi: 0.1 mi
- Verdi: 0.2 mi
- Beethoven: 0.2 mi
- Roman Gladiator: 0.2 mi
- Robert Emmet: 0.3 mi
- Peace Lantern: 0.2 mi
- Buddha: 0.2 mi
- Winged Woman Walking VI: 0.2 mi
- Minuteman: 0.2 mi
- Fountain: 0.2 mi
- Chinese Pavillion: 0.2 mi
- Japanese Tea Garden: 0.2 mi
- Spreckels Temple of Music: 0.2 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
- Conservatory of Flowers: 0.7 mi
- California Academy of Sciences: 0.3 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 1.3 mi
- Gadar Memorial: 1.6 mi
- Randall Museum: 1.8 mi
- San Francisco Fire Department Pioneer Museum: 1.8 mi
- Music Concourse: 0.3 mi
- Argonne Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- 15th Avenue Steps: 0.6 mi
- Golden Gate Park: 0.6 mi
- Green Hairstreak Corridor - Aloha & Lomita: 0.7 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.6 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 2.6 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Fort Funston: 3.7 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.6 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.5 mi
- Aramburu Island: 8.6 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 2.4 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.4 mi
- East Beach: 2.9 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 4.4 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 4.5 mi
- Huntington Falls: 0.2 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 0.5 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.4 mi
- Kent Falls: 10.0 mi
- Dawn Falls: 12.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 1.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 1.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.1 mi
- Old Spring: 6.8 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 11.5 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Vent 5: 11.1 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.5 mi
- Rock Fort: 16.2 mi
- Winehaven: 13.0 mi
- Lynn: 13.2 mi
- Russell City: 20.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 21.4 mi
- Eckley: 24.6 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 4.6 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.5 mi
- Quarters A: 6.5 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 5.3 mi
- Temple: 23.4 mi
- Keyhole: 23.9 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 12.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of San Francisco Botanical Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cardiac Hill | NW 321° | 413 m | 11.5 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 161° | 371 m | 5.9 mi |
| Richardson East | NNW 345° | 338.6 m | 6.0 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 335° | 317.297 m | 6.7 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SSE 155° | 283 m | 2.2 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NNW 347° | 282 m | 4.8 mi |
| Hawk Hill | NNW 340° | 281 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Sutro | SE 132° | 278 m | 1.0 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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