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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

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
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
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
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
Beaches: 58
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
Picnic sites: 54
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 5.7 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 53
Waterfalls: 15
Springs: 10
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 13.5 miles of Civil Rights Memorial 1954-1968. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montara Mountain North PeakS570 m11.1 mi
Peak MountainS545 m11.1 mi
South PeakS545 m11.5 mi
Montara KnobS487 m11.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSE371 m3.3 mi
Richardson EastN339 m9.0 mi
San Pedro MountainS325 m10.4 mi
Peak 1041NNW317 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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