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Angel Alley

Angel Alley from directly overhead

Angel Alley is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south-southwest, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Museum of Craft and Design, a museum 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
Dogpatch & Northwest Potrero Hill Green Benefit District
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.75664, -122.38915

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Woods Yard Park: 0.1 mi
  • Minnesota Grove: 0.2 mi
  • Progress Park: 0.2 mi
  • Esprit Park: 0.3 mi
  • Warm Water Cove Park: 0.4 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 4.9 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 6.0 mi
  • Neptune: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 6.1 mi
  • Fort Funston: 6.7 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 9.3 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 9.4 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 14
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 9.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Angel Alley. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSW 208°371 m5.4 mi
Richardson EastNW 317°338.6 m8.8 mi
Peak 1041NW 313°317.297 m10.0 mi
Mount DavidsonWSW 250°283 m3.7 mi
Slacker HillNW 315°282 m7.7 mi
Hawk HillNW 310°281 m7.8 mi
Mount SutroW 272°278 m3.7 mi
Noe PeakW 264°274 m3.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

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, 2 mi away.

  • California poppy383 obs
  • Anise Swallowtail342 obs
  • Snowy Egret340 obs
  • Willet331 obs
  • Great Blue Heron328 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow326 obs
  • Red Admiral321 obs
  • American Avocet314 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1037431381

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