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Civil Rights Memorial 1954-1968

Civil Rights Memorial 1954-1968 from directly overhead

Civil Rights Memorial 1954-1968 is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is “Connect the Dots”: 40th anniversary, 1968 student-strike, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1995-12-01
Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.72239, -122.47755
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Head of St. Francis: 0.0 mi
  • Tiger sculpture: 0.1 mi
  • Hall of fame photo collage: 0.1 mi
  • Couple's Statue: 0.2 mi
  • Waterfall Column: 0.2 mi
Gardens
  • Stormwater / Roofwater Management Bioswales: 0.0 mi
  • HSS Courtyard: 0.1 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 0.1 mi
  • Landscape Learning Library: 0.1 mi
  • Habitat Gardens: 0.1 mi
Parks
  • Fairy Circle: 0.1 mi
  • Secret Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Junipero Serra Playground: 0.2 mi
  • Robert Pender Park: 0.3 mi
  • Merced Heights Playground: 0.5 mi
Attractions
  • Gregangelo Museum: 0.9 mi
  • Fake Seagull: 1.0 mi
  • Grizzly Gulch: 1.4 mi
  • Eagle Island: 1.4 mi
  • Chacoan Peccary: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 1.4 mi
  • San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 7.9 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 9.6 mi
  • Pedro Point Headlands: 9.6 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 11.0 mi
Peaks
  • City College Hill: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Davidson: 1.7 mi
  • Edgehill Heights: 1.7 mi
  • Forest Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Larsen Peak: 2.0 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 5.7 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 15
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Civil Rights Memorial 1954-1968. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montara Mountain North PeakS 180°570 m11.1 mi
Peak MountainS 182°545 m11.1 mi
South PeakS 181°545 m11.5 mi
Montara KnobS 182°487 m11.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSE 136°371 m3.3 mi
Richardson EastN 353°338.6 m9.0 mi
San Pedro MountainS 189°325 m10.4 mi
Peak 1041NNW 345°317.297 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525454555557586060605753
Precip in3.94.03.01.40.60.20.00.10.10.92.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10822933556

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