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Brooks Park Community Garden

Brooks Park Community Garden from directly overhead

Brooks Park Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 138 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Brooks Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.71723, -122.46605

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Peaks
  • City College Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Mount Davidson: 1.6 mi
  • Edgehill Heights: 1.8 mi
  • Forest Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Larsen Peak: 2.3 mi
Attractions
  • Gregangelo Museum: 1.1 mi
  • Fake Seagull: 1.7 mi
  • Grizzly Gulch: 2.1 mi
  • Eagle Island: 2.1 mi
  • Chacoan Peccary: 2.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 6.0 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 2.0 mi
  • San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 7.4 mi
  • Pedro Point Headlands: 9.4 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 10.1 mi
  • Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 15
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 8.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Brooks Park Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montara Mountain North PeakS 183°570 m10.8 mi
Peak MountainS 185°545 m10.8 mi
South PeakS 184°545 m11.2 mi
Montara KnobS 185°487 m11.1 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSE 141°371 m2.7 mi
Richardson EastN 349°338.6 m9.4 mi
San Pedro MountainSSW 193°325 m10.2 mi
Peak 1041NNW 342°317.297 m10.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525454555557586060605753
Precip in3.94.03.01.40.60.20.00.10.10.92.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 2 mi away.

  • White-crowned Sparrow424 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle416 obs
  • California poppy403 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup372 obs
  • Lawn daisy328 obs
  • Western Honey Bee300 obs
  • garden nasturtium285 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk277 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/257182718

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