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First Transcontinental Railroad

First Transcontinental Railroad from directly overhead

First Transcontinental Railroad is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Pacific Pinball Museum, a museum 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

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Coordinates37.77534, -122.27691
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Artworks
  • Calimar: 1.2 mi
  • Pan American Airways China Clipper: 1.3 mi
  • Beken: 1.3 mi
  • Hello Jack Mural: 1.3 mi
  • Jack London Wolf: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Shellmound: 2.8 mi
  • High Street Center: 2.9 mi
  • Pill Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Pine Top: 5.5 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 6.2 mi
Gardens: 57
  • REAP Center: 0.8 mi
  • Alameda Point Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Chinese Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Oakland Museum of California Gardens: 1.8 mi
  • Parkway Cascade Garden: 2.3 mi
Historic sites: 57
  • Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.: 1.2 mi
  • C. L. Dellums: 1.3 mi
  • Pony Express Ferry "Oakland": 1.3 mi
  • Coast Guard Auxiliary Memorial: 1.6 mi
  • Oakland Chinatown Hall of Pioneers: 1.6 mi
Picnic sites: 55
Nature reserves
Beaches: 53
Attractions: 45
  • S-3 Viking: 1.4 mi
  • F-14 Tomcat: 1.4 mi
  • F-4 Phantom: 1.4 mi
  • Friday Nights @ OMCA with Off the Grid: 1.7 mi
  • Gondola Servizio: 2.1 mi
Springs: 22
  • El Polín Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Old Spring: 14.9 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 17.4 mi
  • Soto Springs: 18.9 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 14.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of First Transcontinental Railroad. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakNNE581 m8.1 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE540 m7.7 mi
Round TopNE531 m6.9 mi
Grizzly PeakNNE531 m7.7 mi
Barberry PeakNNE513 m7.4 mi
Volcanic PeakNE498 m7.2 mi
Eureka PeakNNE495 m8.0 mi
Redwood PeakENE493 m6.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535557596163646566645852
Precip in4.44.33.21.40.70.20.00.10.11.12.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9572213566

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