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Brick Kilns

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Brick Kilns from directly overhead

Brick Kilns is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east-southeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Golden State Model Railroad Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.91200, -122.37938

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Parks
  • George Miller Junior Memorial Regional Shoreline: 0.4 mi
  • John T Knox Shoreline: 0.5 mi
  • Ferry Point: 0.5 mi
  • Judge George D. Carroll Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lucretia Edwards Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Richmond Dances and Grows: 1.9 mi
  • Mosaics: 1.9 mi
  • Play: 1.9 mi
  • I Spy: 1.9 mi
  • Amass Joy: 1.9 mi
Gardens
  • Succulent Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Village Community Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Urban Adamah: 4.7 mi
  • AMS Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Blake Garden: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 39
Springs: 22
Waterfalls: 16
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 10.5 mi
  • Temple: 23.6 mi
  • Keyhole: 24.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 18.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Brick Kilns. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakESE 103°581 m8.8 mi
Chaparral PeakESE 105°540 m8.8 mi
Grizzly PeakESE 105°531 m8.2 mi
Barberry PeakESE 108°513 m9.6 mi
Volcanic PeakESE 110°498 m10.5 mi
Eureka PeakESE 104°495 m9.4 mi
Spiral KnobESE 109°423 m8.6 mi
Wildcat PeakE 85°370 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4819:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456586163636465635751
Precip in4.84.83.21.60.70.30.00.10.01.42.74.9

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/694768218

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