Historic site · California

Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends from directly overhead

Circle of Friends is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Cardiac Hill stands 413 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Crescent, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material: stone

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Coordinates37.76986, -122.46075

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

Artworks

Spin: 0.1 mi
Eat, Travel, Play, Care: 0.1 mi
Eat, Travel, Play, Care: 0.1 mi
La Rose des Vents: 0.2 mi
LOVE blocks, by Misfit Toys: 0.2 mi

Parks

Hippie Hill: 0.1 mi
Music Concourse: 0.4 mi
Rossi Playground Edward St Annex: 0.6 mi
Panhandle: 0.6 mi
Angelo Rossi Park: 0.6 mi

Gardens

Conservatory Valley: 0.1 mi
Dahlia Garden: 0.2 mi
California Garden: 0.2 mi
Camellia Gardens: 0.2 mi
Dahlia Dell: 0.2 mi

Attractions

Museums

California Academy of Sciences: 0.3 mi
Counterculture Museum: 0.8 mi
Gadar Memorial: 1.1 mi
Randall Museum: 1.3 mi
San Francisco Fire Department Pioneer Museum: 1.3 mi

Peaks

Picnic sites

West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
Udo & Jürgen's place: 2.1 mi
Picnic Pod A: 2.3 mi
Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.2 mi

Nature reserves

Fort Funston: 4.1 mi
Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.6 mi
Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.7 mi
Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
Aramburu Island: 8.5 mi

Beaches57

Marshall's Beach: 2.4 mi
East Beach: 2.6 mi
Mile Rock Beach: 2.8 mi
Crane Cove Beach: 4.0 mi
Black Sands Beach: 4.6 mi

Waterfalls16

Huntington Falls: 0.7 mi
Rainbow Falls: 1.0 mi
Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.2 mi
Kent Falls: 10.2 mi
Dawn Falls: 12.9 mi

Springs11

El Polín Spring: 1.6 mi
El Polín Spring: 1.6 mi
El Polín Spring: 1.7 mi
Old Spring: 6.9 mi
Lone Tree Spring: 11.7 mi

Cliffs7

Yellow Bluff: 4.6 mi
East Slope Badlands: 11.1 mi
Vent 5: 11.4 mi
Aramai Point: 11.5 mi
Rock Fort: 16.2 mi

Ghost towns5

Lynn: 12.6 mi
Winehaven: 12.8 mi
Russell City: 19.6 mi
Stokes Landing: 21.0 mi
Eckley: 24.1 mi

Lighthouses3

Natural arches3

Bird Island Arch: 5.6 mi
Temple: 23.7 mi
Keyhole: 24.2 mi

Hot springs1

Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 12.3 mi

Rest areas1

Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 16.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Circle of Friends. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Cardiac Hill	NW 319°	413 m	11.7 mi
San Bruno Mountain Summit	SSE 166°	371 m	5.9 mi
Richardson East	NNW 340°	338.6 m	6.0 mi
Peak 1041	NNW 330°	317.297 m	6.8 mi
Mount Davidson	S 169°	283 m	2.2 mi
Slacker Hill	NNW 341°	282 m	4.8 mi
Hawk Hill	NNW 333°	281 m	4.6 mi
Mount Sutro	SSE 166°	278 m	0.8 mi

Conditions

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	07:22	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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1036241001

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