East Slope Badlands
East Slope Badlands is a cliff in California, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east-southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Golden State Model Railroad Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away.
Heavily eroded sandy soil makes a spectacular series of fluted ridges.
What the record says
- Height
- 2 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Brick Kilns: 0.3 mi
- Rosie the Riveter Memorial: 1.7 mi
- Angel Island Immigration Station: 4.2 mi
- Wooden watchtower: 4.2 mi
- Rancho San Pablo-Rancho San Antonio boundary marker: 4.4 mi
- Nicholl Knob: 0.3 mi
- Clinton Hill: 3.0 mi
- Albany Hill: 4.3 mi
- Mount Caroline Livermore: 4.8 mi
- William Rust Summit: 4.8 mi
- George Miller Junior Memorial Regional Shoreline: 0.4 mi
- John T Knox Shoreline: 0.5 mi
- Judge George D. Carroll Park: 0.6 mi
- Ferry Point: 0.7 mi
- Atchison Village Park: 1.3 mi
- Killdeer Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Camp Elderberry: 3.9 mi
- Camp Buckeye: 3.9 mi
- Camp Alvarado: 3.9 mi
- Camp Bay: 3.9 mi
- SS Red Oak Victory: 1.0 mi
- North Richmond Ballpark: 3.1 mi
- The Mira Vista Rock: 3.8 mi
- Omescape: 3.9 mi
- Metallica Mansion: 4.1 mi
- Tern Nesting: 1.5 mi
- South Richmond Shoreline: 2.7 mi
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline: 3.2 mi
- North Richmond Wetlands: 3.8 mi
- North Richmond Shoreline: 4.0 mi
- Richmond Dances and Grows: 1.6 mi
- Mosaics: 1.6 mi
- Play: 1.7 mi
- I Spy: 1.7 mi
- Amass Joy: 1.7 mi
- Succulent Garden: 1.8 mi
- Village Community Garden: 4.6 mi
- AMS Garden: 4.8 mi
- Urban Adamah: 4.8 mi
- Blake Garden: 5.1 mi
- Keller Beach: 0.5 mi
- Point Molate Beach: 2.5 mi
- Albany Beach: 3.9 mi
- Quarry Beach: 4.6 mi
- Sand Springs Beach: 5.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.4 mi
- Old Spring: 9.5 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.6 mi
- Worn Springs: 11.3 mi
- Dawn Falls: 10.1 mi
- Kent Falls: 11.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.4 mi
- Huntington Falls: 11.5 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 12.4 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 7.6 mi
- Rock Fort: 11.2 mi
- Vent 5: 13.4 mi
- Chab: 18.7 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 19.7 mi
- Winehaven: 3.2 mi
- Lynn: 11.3 mi
- Eckley: 13.5 mi
- Wingo: 21.9 mi
- Russell City: 22.6 mi
- Quarters A: 7.6 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 10.8 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 10.8 mi
- Temple: 23.6 mi
- Keyhole: 24.1 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.9 mi
- Rest Stop: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of East Slope Badlands. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | ESE 105° | 581 m | 8.8 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | ESE 107° | 540 m | 8.9 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | ESE 107° | 531 m | 8.2 mi |
| Barberry Peak | ESE 110° | 513 m | 9.6 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | ESE 112° | 498 m | 10.6 mi |
| Eureka Peak | ESE 106° | 495 m | 9.4 mi |
| Spiral Knob | ESE 111° | 423 m | 8.7 mi |
| Wildcat Peak | E 88° | 370 m | 6.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 57 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 4.8 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 2.7 | 4.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richmond, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/9052083954
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