Historic site · California
Battery Yates
Battery Yates is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the northwest, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Cavallo, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates37.83352, -122.47325
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Bay Area Discovery Museum: 0.2 mi
- Greater Farallones Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center: 2.0 mi
- IDESST Sausalito Portuguese Cultural Center: 2.1 mi
- Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center: 2.2 mi
- Field Station: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Slacker Hill: 0.9 mi
- Engagement Hill: 1.1 mi
- Hawk Hill: 1.4 mi
- Richardson East: 1.8 mi
- Rob Hill: 2.6 mi
Parks
- Tiffany Park: 1.2 mi
- Southview Park: 1.3 mi
- Yee Tock Chee Park: 1.5 mi
- Vina Del Mar Park: 1.6 mi
- Gabrielson Park: 1.7 mi
Artworks
- Spread the Word: 1.7 mi
- Fort Statue: 2.1 mi
- Close to the Wind: 2.1 mi
- The Ordonez Gun: 2.5 mi
- Wave Organ: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 4.0 mi
- Aramburu Island: 4.1 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Center & Sanctuary: 4.4 mi
Gardens: 59
- Compton Community Garden: 2.7 mi
- Michelangelo Community Garden: 3.8 mi
- Gateway Community Garden: 4.0 mi
- Promenade Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 4.1 mi
Historic sites: 57
- Battery Cavallo: 0.1 mi
- Lone Sailor Monument: 0.4 mi
- Battery Duncan: 0.4 mi
- Battery Spencer: 0.6 mi
- Battery Wagner: 0.8 mi
Beaches: 55
- Swede's Beach: 1.1 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 2.0 mi
- East Beach: 2.2 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.2 mi
- Schoonmaker Beach: 2.3 mi
Picnic sites: 54
- Picnic Pod A: 2.3 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 3.0 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 4.9 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 6.3 mi
Attractions: 42
- Golden Gate Bridge: 0.8 mi
- Welcome Center: 1.8 mi
- Brig Matthew Turner: 2.4 mi
- Palace of Fine Arts: 2.5 mi
- Historic Bake House: 2.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Rainbow Falls: 4.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 4.5 mi
- Kent Falls: 6.7 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 8.4 mi
- Dawn Falls: 8.7 mi
Springs: 9
- El Polín Spring: 2.9 mi
- Old Spring: 3.4 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 8.3 mi
- Rock Springs: 9.3 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 9.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Yellow Bluff: 0.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 7.7 mi
- Vent 5: 8.5 mi
- Rock Fort: 11.9 mi
- Aramai Point: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Winehaven: 8.7 mi
- Lynn: 13.3 mi
- Eckley: 21.2 mi
- Russell City: 22.3 mi
- Stokes Landing: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 3.3 mi
- Quarters A: 6.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.3 mi
Natural arches: 3
- Bird Island Arch: 3.5 mi
- Temple: 20.7 mi
- Keyhole: 21.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 9.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Battery Yates. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | NW 319° | 784 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Peak | NW 313° | 778 m | 9.2 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais Middle Peak | NW 316° | 744 m | 9.0 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NW 311° | 527 m | 8.7 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | WNW 302° | 413 m | 8.3 mi |
| Richardson East | NW 311° | 339 m | 1.8 mi |
| Peak 1041 | WNW 299° | 317 m | 3.1 mi |
| Knob Hill | NW 325° | 285 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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