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Lessing & Sears Community Garden

Lessing & Sears Community Garden from directly overhead

Lessing & Sears Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Scarper Peak stands 593 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Lessing & Sears Mini Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.70858, -122.45517
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Lover's Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Gregangelo Museum: 1.8 mi
  • Philosopher's Hill and Labyrinth: 2.1 mi
  • Gambier Plaza: 2.2 mi
  • Hidden Bridge: 2.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 4.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 6.5 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 6.8 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 12
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 9.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Lessing & Sears Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scarper PeakS 173°592.5 m12.5 mi
Montara Mountain North PeakS 187°570 m10.2 mi
Peak MountainS 189°545 m10.3 mi
South PeakS 187°545 m10.6 mi
Montara KnobS 189°487 m10.6 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSE 144°371 m1.8 mi
Richardson EastNNW 346°338.6 m10.1 mi
San Pedro MountainSSW 197°325 m9.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:36
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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California poppy583 obs
  • coyote brush399 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower399 obs
  • common cowparsnip394 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup349 obs
  • Lawn daisy346 obs
  • Broad-leaved Stonecrop343 obs
  • checkerbloom320 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2627776189

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