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Earthquake Refugee Cottage. San Francisco Landmark No. 171

Earthquake Refugee Cottage. San Francisco Landmark No. 171 from directly overhead

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.

What the record says

Height
3 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.76462, -122.48308

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • 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
Artworks
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 0.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 3.0 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 11
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 4
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

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.0 miles of Earthquake Refugee Cottage. San Francisco Landmark No. 171. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bare KnollNW 322°478 m12.0 mi
Wooded KnollNW 322°465 m12.0 mi
Cardiac HillNW 325°413 m11.2 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSE 154°371 m5.9 mi
Richardson EastN 352°338.6 m6.0 mi
Peak 1041NNW 341°317.297 m6.6 mi
Mount DavidsonSE 138°283 m2.4 mi
Slacker HillN 356°282 m4.9 mi

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 5080 °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, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/276641742

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