F.M. Smith Mule Train Monument
F.M. Smith Mule Train Monument is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is F.M. Smith Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
Informational plaque and several life-size mule statues.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- F.M. Smith Park: 0.0 mi
- Park Boulevard Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Pine Knoll Park: 0.3 mi
- Athol Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Lakeshore Park: 0.4 mi
- Earth Maze: 0.5 mi
- Rotary Nature Center Totem Pole: 0.6 mi
- Say My Name: 0.6 mi
- Nipsey Hussle: 0.7 mi
- To Ignore Evil Mural: 0.7 mi
- Junior Center of Art and Science: 0.6 mi
- Rotary Nature Center: 0.6 mi
- Camron-Stanford House: 0.7 mi
- Black Panther Party Museum: 1.2 mi
- Sneaker Museum: 1.4 mi
- Gondola Servizio: 0.7 mi
- Rapunzel's Castle: 0.8 mi
- Peter Rabbit's Village: 0.8 mi
- Hey, Diddle Diddle: 0.8 mi
- Pinocchio's Castle: 0.8 mi
- Pill Hill: 1.6 mi
- High Street Center: 2.8 mi
- Shellmound: 3.1 mi
- Redwood Peak: 4.2 mi
- Pine Top: 4.2 mi
- Circus Party Area: 0.8 mi
- Japanese Party Area: 0.9 mi
- Cinderella's Party Area: 0.9 mi
- Croll's Garden: 2.6 mi
- Seawind: 2.6 mi
- Parkway Cascade Garden: 0.1 mi
- Palmetum: 0.6 mi
- Golden State Bonsai Garden: 0.6 mi
- Merritt Horticultural Display: 0.6 mi
- Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Garden: 0.6 mi
- Children's Memorial Statue: 0.6 mi
- MacArthur Freeway: Most Beautiful Urban Highway in the USA: 0.7 mi
- Abraham Lincoln War Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Chauncey Bailey Memorial: 0.9 mi
- USS Maine Torpedo Port: 1.0 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 2.8 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 3.1 mi
- Castle Canyon: 3.2 mi
- Beaconsfield Canyon: 3.3 mi
- Butters Canyon: 3.6 mi
- Encinal beach: 3.1 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 3.4 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 4.1 mi
- Radio Beach: 4.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 4.4 mi
- El Polín Spring: 11.2 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 15.3 mi
- Old Spring: 15.8 mi
- Eugene Spring: 16.4 mi
- Soto Springs: 16.8 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 10.6 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 11.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 12.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.6 mi
- Kent Falls: 18.9 mi
- Lynn: 0.9 mi
- Russell City: 12.0 mi
- Winehaven: 13.9 mi
- Stokes Landing: 15.3 mi
- Eckley: 17.7 mi
- Chab: 8.1 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 10.7 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 10.8 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 12.4 mi
- Turtle Rock: 17.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.2 mi
- Quarters A: 6.2 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 15.3 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 19.2 mi
- Rest Stop: 21.1 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 15.8 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of F.M. Smith Mule Train Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock 2 | E 84° | 617 m | 10.3 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | NNE 15° | 581 m | 5.9 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | ENE 77° | 557 m | 10.3 mi |
| Vail Peak | E 81° | 545 m | 10.9 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NNE 15° | 540 m | 5.6 mi |
| Round Top | NE 42° | 531 m | 4.6 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | N 9° | 531 m | 5.7 mi |
| Eagle Peak | E 81° | 524 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6202125918
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