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Serenity Garden

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Serenity Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Scarper Peak stands 593 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Westlake Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Built
2007

How to reach it

Coordinates37.70478, -122.48479

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Westlake Park: 0.1 mi
  • Broderick-Terry Duel Landmark Park: 0.2 mi
  • Thornton State Beach Overlook: 0.8 mi
  • Marchbank Park: 0.9 mi
  • Robert Pender Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Gateway Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Landscape Learning Library: 1.2 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 1.3 mi
  • HSS Courtyard: 1.3 mi
  • Stormwater / Roofwater Management Bioswales: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Penguin’s Prayer: 0.6 mi
  • Beniamino Bufano "Peace" Statue: 0.8 mi
  • Tiger sculpture: 1.2 mi
  • Art Panels: 1.2 mi
  • Couple's Statue: 1.3 mi
Beaches: 60
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 1.5 mi
  • San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 6.8 mi
  • Pedro Point Headlands: 8.3 mi
  • McNee Ranch State Park: 10.5 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 10.8 mi
Attractions
  • Hippo: 2.1 mi
  • Black Rhino: 2.1 mi
  • Bongo: 2.1 mi
  • Eagle Island: 2.1 mi
  • Grizzly Gulch: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • City College Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Mount Davidson: 2.9 mi
  • San Bruno Mountain Summit: 2.9 mi
  • Edgehill Heights: 3.0 mi
  • Forest Hill: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 4.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 7.0 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 14
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 8.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.9 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Scarper PeakSSE 166°592.5 m12.6 mi
Montara Mountain North PeakS 178°570 m9.9 mi
Peak MountainS 180°545 m9.9 mi
South PeakS 178°545 m10.3 mi
Ox HillSSE 165°542 m12.8 mi
Montara KnobS 180°487 m10.2 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitESE 114°371 m2.9 mi
Richardson EastN 356°338.6 m10.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5918:3419:08
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.

  • Great-tailed Grackle421 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow385 obs
  • Common Raven307 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup289 obs
  • California poppy287 obs
  • beach strawberry284 obs
  • coyote brush265 obs
  • seaside daisy252 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6680676651

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