Alameda Shellmound Plaque
Alameda Shellmound Plaque is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Shellmound, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away.
A metal commemorative plaque, fixed to a boulder from nearby Mount Tampalpais, in the Marine Headlands of Marine County, California.
What the record says
- Material
- stone,_metal
- Inscription
- One thousand feet due west was a prehistoric mound, 400 feet long, 150 feet wide, and 14 feet high. The remains of 450 Indians with stone implements and shell ornaments were found when the mound was remove in 1908.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Shellmound: 0.0 mi
- High Street Center: 0.4 mi
- Pine Top: 3.4 mi
- Pill Hill: 4.7 mi
- Redwood Peak: 5.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Lincoln Park Rose Garden: 0.0 mi
- Laurel Art Garden: 2.8 mi
- Parkway Cascade Garden: 3.0 mi
- REAP Center: 3.1 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.1 mi
- Krusi Park: 0.6 mi
- Towata Park: 0.6 mi
- Fruitvale Bridge Park: 0.8 mi
- Chochenyo Park: 0.8 mi
- Christmas Tree Lane: 0.2 mi
- Alameda Spite House: 0.5 mi
- San Francisco Air Tours: 2.2 mi
- Friday Nights @ OMCA with Off the Grid: 3.3 mi
- Gondola Servizio: 3.4 mi
- Alameda Museum: 0.8 mi
- Cohen Bray House: 1.5 mi
- Oakland Aviation Museum: 2.0 mi
- Peralta Hacienda Historical: 2.1 mi
- Pacific Pinball Museum: 2.7 mi
- White Elephant Mural: 0.9 mi
- Wave Oculus: 1.3 mi
- Beautiful Coffee To The People: 1.4 mi
- Sigame/Follow Me: 1.4 mi
- Duplex Cone: 1.6 mi
- ATK Baseball Field: 1.1 mi
- Coast Guard Working Dogs Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Coast Guard Auxiliary Memorial: 1.9 mi
- First Transcontinental Railroad: 2.8 mi
- F.M. Smith Mule Train Monument: 3.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 1.2 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 2.6 mi
- Butters Canyon: 4.3 mi
- Castle Canyon: 4.5 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 4.7 mi
- Pelican: 1.5 mi
- Blue Heron: 1.5 mi
- Rail: 1.6 mi
- Egret: 1.7 mi
- Tern: 1.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 1.3 mi
- Encinal beach: 3.4 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 6.1 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 6.6 mi
- Radio Beach: 6.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.4 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.5 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.5 mi
- Eugene Spring: 14.7 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 15.8 mi
- Lynn: 2.9 mi
- Russell City: 9.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 12.2 mi
- Winehaven: 16.8 mi
- Eckley: 20.5 mi
- Chab: 5.9 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 10.1 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 13.6 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 14.2 mi
- Turtle Rock: 17.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 10.4 mi
- Huntington Falls: 13.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 13.5 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 13.6 mi
- Tehan Falls: 17.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.9 mi
- Quarters A: 8.0 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 16.8 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 16.9 mi
- Rest Stop: 23.6 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 17.3 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Alameda Shellmound Plaque. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock 2 | ENE 67° | 617 m | 10.1 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | N 3° | 581 m | 8.6 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | ENE 60° | 557 m | 10.4 mi |
| Vail Peak | ENE 65° | 545 m | 10.8 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | N 3° | 540 m | 8.3 mi |
| Round Top | NNE 18° | 531 m | 6.7 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | N 359° | 531 m | 8.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ENE 65° | 524 m | 11.0 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 | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 61 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Intl AP, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8239288599
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