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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

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.77534, -122.27691
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • 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
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
Historic sites
  • Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.: 1.2 mi
  • C. L. Dellums: 1.3 mi
  • Pony Express Ferry "Oakland": 1.3 mi
  • Jack London: 1.3 mi
  • Coast Guard Auxiliary Memorial: 1.6 mi
Attractions
  • 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
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
Beaches: 54
Springs: 26
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 PeakNNE 22°581 m8.1 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 22°540 m7.7 mi
Round TopNE 42°531 m6.9 mi
Grizzly PeakNNE 18°531 m7.7 mi
Barberry PeakNNE 28°513 m7.4 mi
Volcanic PeakNE 37°498 m7.2 mi
Eureka PeakNNE 26°495 m8.0 mi
Redwood PeakENE 62°493 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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