Garden · California
Berkeley Rose Garden
Berkeley Rose Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1940
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Berkeley
- Access
- Yes
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
Coordinates37.88524, -122.26328
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Berkeley Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Codornices Park: 0.1 mi
- Greenwood Common: 0.3 mi
- Glendale - La Loma Park: 0.4 mi
- Cragmont Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks
- Cragmont Entry Pillar: 0.1 mi
- Cedar Street Gallery: 0.6 mi
- Northbrae Lantern: 0.6 mi
- Northbrae Lantern: 0.6 mi
- The Poetry Garden: 0.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Picnic Area #2: 0.1 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 0.1 mi
- Picnic area #3: 0.1 mi
- Acacia: 1.0 mi
- Island: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Rose Walk: 0.2 mi
- Site of Napoleon Bonaparte Byrne House: 0.2 mi
- Finnish-American Tercentenary: 0.4 mi
- North Gate: 0.7 mi
- Social Welfare Library Restorstion Haviland Hall Reading Room 1986 Supporters: 0.8 mi
Museums
- Aftel Archive of Curious Scents: 0.5 mi
- Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology: 0.6 mi
- Lawrence Hall of Science: 1.0 mi
- Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive: 1.0 mi
- Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life: 1.1 mi
Peaks
- Holy Hill: 0.6 mi
- Observatory Hill: 0.8 mi
- Tightwad Hill: 1.1 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 1.6 mi
- Spiral Knob: 2.1 mi
Gardens
- Berkeley Student Organic Garden: 0.6 mi
- Edible Schoolyard: 0.7 mi
- Zaytuna College Permaculture Garden: 0.8 mi
- UC Berkeley Pollinator Garden: 1.0 mi
- Native Here Nursery: 1.0 mi
Attractions
- Sather Tower: 1.0 mi
- Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round: 1.1 mi
- Little Farm: 1.7 mi
- Rotary Peace Grove: 2.4 mi
- Metallica Mansion: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Grinnell Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Ecological Study Area: 1.5 mi
- Chaparral Hill: 2.3 mi
- Claremont Canyon: 2.5 mi
- Siesta Valley: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 35
- Lake Anza Beach: 1.0 mi
- Albany Beach: 2.9 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 3.2 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 5.1 mi
- Radio Beach: 5.3 mi
Springs: 25
- El Polín Spring: 12.2 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.3 mi
- Old Spring: 14.8 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Abrigo Falls: 7.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 14.1 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 14.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 14.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 11
- Lynn: 6.0 mi
- Winehaven: 9.6 mi
- Eckley: 12.1 mi
- Russell City: 17.5 mi
- Ambrose: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
- East Slope Badlands: 6.6 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 11.9 mi
- Chab: 12.9 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 13.1 mi
- Turtle Rock: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Quarters A: 7.6 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 15.3 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Stop: 16.2 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 15.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Berkeley Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock 2 | ESE 114° | 617 m | 12.0 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | E 93° | 581 m | 2.3 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | ESE 108° | 557 m | 11.4 mi |
| Vail Peak | ESE 110° | 545 m | 12.2 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | ESE 102° | 540 m | 2.2 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | E 98° | 531 m | 1.6 mi |
| Round Top | ESE 122° | 531 m | 4.6 mi |
| Barberry Peak | ESE 112° | 513 m | 3.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, under a mile away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel2,571 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco1,238 obs
- Monarch1,209 obs
- Western Fence Lizard1,202 obs
- Wild Turkey1,067 obs
- Western Honey Bee1,063 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail989 obs
- California Slender Salamander871 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
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