Ghost town · California
Russell City
Russell City is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Mission Peak stands 761 m to the southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is San Lorenzo Park, a park 1.0 miles away.
human settlement in Hayward, California, United States of America
How to reach it
Coordinates37.65280, -122.13400
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- San Lorenzo Park: 1.0 mi
- Greenwood Park: 1.1 mi
- del Rey Park: 1.2 mi
- Kennedy Park: 1.3 mi
- McConaghy Park: 1.4 mi
Museums
- McConaghy House: 1.4 mi
- Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center: 2.0 mi
- Hayward Area Historical Society: 3.3 mi
- Discovery Center: 4.2 mi
- C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology: 4.3 mi
Peaks
- Maderia Hill: 3.4 mi
- Vista Peak: 5.4 mi
- Garin Peak: 5.4 mi
- Turk Island: 5.8 mi
- Red Hill: 7.2 mi
Historic sites
- Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 3.5 mi
- Peace Sign: 4.5 mi
- Flight 93 Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Memorial to the Chinese Laborers: 5.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.7 mi
Artworks
- Rising Wave: 4.9 mi
- Truth Is Beauty: 5.0 mi
- Watermelon Rock: 6.9 mi
- Duplex Cone: 7.4 mi
- White Elephant Mural: 9.8 mi
Picnic sites
- Picnic Area 2: 5.0 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 5.0 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 6.7 mi
- Hoot Hollow: 7.3 mi
- Bufflehead: 7.3 mi
Attractions
- iFLY Indoor Skydiving: 5.3 mi
- Dunsmuir House and Gardens: 6.2 mi
- Muntjac: 6.6 mi
- Sika Deer: 6.6 mi
- Sun Bear: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park: 7.3 mi
- Coyote Hills Regional Park: 7.8 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 7.8 mi
- Dublin Hills Regional Park: 9.9 mi
- Butters Canyon: 11.0 mi
Gardens: 55
- Castro Valley High Scool Garden: 4.7 mi
- Reading Garden (Roos): 5.7 mi
- Kellicutt Garden: 5.8 mi
- Iris Garden: 7.2 mi
- Coyote Hills Nectar Garden: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 50
- Sandy Beach: 7.7 mi
- Niles beach: 8.7 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 11.4 mi
- Encinal beach: 11.8 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 11.8 mi
Springs: 19
- Eugene Spring: 10.5 mi
- McClure Spring: 17.2 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 17.8 mi
- Sheepherder Spring: 18.2 mi
- Mineral Spring: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Chab: 5.4 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 10.9 mi
- Turtle Rock: 18.0 mi
- Aramai Point: 20.3 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Tehan Falls: 10.7 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 16.1 mi
- Huntington Falls: 20.3 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 20.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Stokes Landing: 4.1 mi
- Lynn: 11.6 mi
- Drawbridge: 15.6 mi
- Purissima: 23.2 mi
- Acelanus: 23.6 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 16.4 mi
- Quarters A: 16.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 24.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Russell City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission Peak | SE 125° | 761 m | 16.9 mi |
| Sunol Peak | E 101° | 664 m | 11.8 mi |
| Rock 2 | NNE 20° | 617 m | 11.9 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | NNW 343° | 581 m | 16.6 mi |
| Wiedemann Hill | NE 52° | 565 m | 9.6 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | NNE 17° | 557 m | 13.0 mi |
| Vail Peak | NNE 21° | 545 m | 12.7 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NNW 343° | 540 m | 16.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, under a mile away.
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