Garden · California
Edible Schoolyard
Edible Schoolyard is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is King School Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Martin Luther King Middle School
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates37.88260, -122.27631
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- King School Park: 0.1 mi
- Monterey - Colusa Park: 0.4 mi
- Virginia-McGee Totland: 0.5 mi
- Terrace Park: 0.6 mi
- Short Street Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
- Northbrae Lantern: 0.2 mi
- Northbrae Lantern: 0.2 mi
- Mark Oliver Yard Art: 0.3 mi
- The Poetry Garden: 0.5 mi
- Cedar Street Gallery: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Finnish-American Tercentenary: 0.4 mi
- Site of José Domingo Peralta Adobe: 0.4 mi
- Site of Napoleon Bonaparte Byrne House: 0.5 mi
- Farms: In West Berkeley?: 0.7 mi
- Rancho Codornices: 0.7 mi
Museums
- Aftel Archive of Curious Scents: 0.5 mi
- Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology: 0.8 mi
- Berkeley Historical Society: 0.9 mi
- Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive: 1.0 mi
- Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life: 1.0 mi
Gardens
- Berkeley Student Organic Garden: 0.6 mi
- Ohlone Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Karl Linn Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Berkeley Rose Garden: 0.7 mi
- Peralta Community Garden: 0.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Picnic Area #2: 0.8 mi
- Picnic area #3: 0.8 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 0.8 mi
- Acacia: 1.6 mi
- Orchard: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Holy Hill: 0.9 mi
- Observatory Hill: 1.0 mi
- Tightwad Hill: 1.6 mi
- Albany Hill: 1.8 mi
- Grizzly Peak: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Grinnell Natural Area: 1.0 mi
- Ecological Study Area: 2.2 mi
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline: 2.8 mi
- Chaparral Hill: 2.9 mi
- Claremont Canyon: 3.1 mi
Attractions
- Sather Tower: 1.2 mi
- Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round: 1.7 mi
- Little Farm: 2.0 mi
- Metallica Mansion: 2.1 mi
- Omescape: 2.2 mi
Beaches: 35
- Lake Anza Beach: 1.6 mi
- Albany Beach: 2.2 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 3.5 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 4.5 mi
- Radio Beach: 4.8 mi
Springs: 24
- El Polín Spring: 11.4 mi
- El Polín Spring: 11.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 11.6 mi
- Old Spring: 14.1 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 15.5 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Abrigo Falls: 8.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 13.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 13.4 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 13.5 mi
- Dawn Falls: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Lynn: 6.1 mi
- Winehaven: 9.0 mi
- Eckley: 12.5 mi
- Russell City: 17.7 mi
- Ambrose: 20.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
- East Slope Badlands: 6.0 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 11.2 mi
- Chab: 13.2 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 13.6 mi
- Rock Fort: 17.2 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Quarters A: 7.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 14.6 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Stop: 16.7 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 24.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 14.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Edible Schoolyard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | E 89° | 581 m | 3.0 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | E 96° | 540 m | 2.9 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | E 91° | 531 m | 2.3 mi |
| Round Top | ESE 116° | 531 m | 5.1 mi |
| Barberry Peak | ESE 105° | 513 m | 3.6 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | ESE 111° | 498 m | 4.5 mi |
| Eureka Peak | E 94° | 495 m | 3.5 mi |
| Redwood Peak | SE 129° | 493 m | 7.0 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, 1 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel2,501 obs
- Monarch1,894 obs
- Western Honey Bee959 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco952 obs
- Wild Turkey935 obs
- American Crow784 obs
- red-cage fungus773 obs
- Anise Swallowtail729 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.
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