Historic site · California
Earthquake Refugee Cottage. San Francisco Landmark No. 171
Earthquake Refugee Cottage. San Francisco Landmark No. 171 is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 62 m. Bare Knoll stands 478 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Golden Gate Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Height
- 3 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.76462, -122.48308
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Golden Gate Park: 0.3 mi
- Sunset Playground: 0.6 mi
- Fulton Playground: 0.6 mi
- 15th Avenue Steps: 0.7 mi
- Green Hairstreak Corridor - Aloha & Lomita: 0.7 mi
Artworks
- Tune In: 0.5 mi
- Naga: 0.5 mi
- Rooted (In)Justice: 0.6 mi
- Hidden Garden Steps: 0.6 mi
- Street Whale: 0.7 mi
Peaks
- Strawberry Hill: 0.5 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 0.8 mi
- Grand View Hill: 0.8 mi
- Larsen Peak: 1.3 mi
- Forest Hill: 1.4 mi
Attractions
- Chinese Pavillion: 0.6 mi
- San Francisco Botanical Garden: 0.7 mi
- Anglers Lodge: 0.8 mi
- Japanese Tea Garden: 0.8 mi
- Spreckels Temple of Music: 0.9 mi
Museums
- California Academy of Sciences: 1.0 mi
- Legion of Honor: 1.7 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 2.0 mi
- Gadar Memorial: 2.3 mi
- Randall Museum: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Fort Funston: 3.2 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.7 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.7 mi
- Aramburu Island: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 57
- Mile Rock Beach: 2.0 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.6 mi
- East Beach: 3.3 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 4.1 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 4.3 mi
Gardens: 56
- Children's Garden: 0.5 mi
- Nursery Center for Sustainable Gardening: 0.6 mi
- Succulent Garden: 0.6 mi
- Southeast Asian Cloud Forest: 0.6 mi
- Moon Viewing Garden: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 54
- Sweeny Observatory Ruins: 0.5 mi
- Pioneer Log Cabin: 0.6 mi
- Pioneer Mother Monument: 0.6 mi
- Trees from 13 Colonies: 0.7 mi
- T.G. Masaryk: 0.8 mi
Picnic sites: 54
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 0.9 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 3.0 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 4.8 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Rainbow Falls: 0.6 mi
- Huntington Falls: 0.6 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.8 mi
- Kent Falls: 9.8 mi
- Dawn Falls: 12.8 mi
Springs: 9
- El Polín Spring: 2.4 mi
- Old Spring: 6.6 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 11.3 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 11.8 mi
- Rock Springs: 12.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Yellow Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Vent 5: 10.7 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.0 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 12.0 mi
- Rock Fort: 16.2 mi
Ghost towns: 4
- Winehaven: 13.4 mi
- Lynn: 13.9 mi
- Russell City: 20.6 mi
- Stokes Landing: 21.8 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 4.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.2 mi
- Quarters A: 7.2 mi
Natural arches: 3
- Bird Island Arch: 5.0 mi
- Temple: 23.0 mi
- Keyhole: 23.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 11.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Earthquake Refugee Cottage. San Francisco Landmark No. 171. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bare Knoll | NW 322° | 478 m | 12.0 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NW 322° | 465 m | 12.0 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NW 325° | 413 m | 11.2 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 154° | 371 m | 5.9 mi |
| Richardson East | N 352° | 339 m | 6.0 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 341° | 317 m | 6.6 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SE 138° | 283 m | 2.4 mi |
| Slacker Hill | N 356° | 282 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 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 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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