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Parkway Cascade Garden

Parkway Cascade Garden from directly overhead

Parkway Cascade Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is F.M. Smith Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.79990, -122.24851

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Palmetum: 0.7 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Golden State Bonsai Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Merritt Horticultural Display: 0.7 mi
  • Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Garden: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Gondola Servizio: 0.7 mi
  • Friday Nights @ OMCA with Off the Grid: 0.9 mi
  • Rapunzel's Castle: 0.9 mi
  • Peter Rabbit's Village: 0.9 mi
  • Hey, Diddle Diddle: 0.9 mi
Picnic sites
  • Circus Party Area: 0.9 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 0.9 mi
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 0.9 mi
  • Croll's Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Seawind: 2.6 mi
Peaks
  • Pill Hill: 1.7 mi
  • High Street Center: 2.8 mi
  • Shellmound: 3.0 mi
  • Pine Top: 4.1 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 48
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 13
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Parkway Cascade Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E 84°617 m10.3 mi
Vollmer PeakNNE 14°581 m6.0 mi
Las Trampas PeakENE 77°557 m10.3 mi
Vail PeakE 81°545 m10.9 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 14°540 m5.6 mi
Round TopNE 41°531 m4.6 mi
Grizzly PeakN 8°531 m5.7 mi
Eagle PeakE 80°524 m11.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535557596163646566645852
Precip in4.44.33.21.40.70.20.00.10.11.12.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, under a mile away.

  • Black-crowned Night Heron10,534 obs
  • Snowy Egret2,624 obs
  • American White Pelican1,088 obs
  • Mallard993 obs
  • American Coot889 obs
  • Canada Goose836 obs
  • Rock Pigeon796 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant777 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/1373542112

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