Historic site · California

Japantown Peace Plaza

Japantown Peace Plaza from directly overhead

Japantown Peace Plaza is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Japan Town Peace Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material: stone

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Coordinates37.78531, -122.42977

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Japan Town Peace Plaza: 0.0 mi
Cottage Row Mini Park: 0.2 mi
Mary Ellen Pleasant Memorial Park: 0.2 mi
Jefferson Square: 0.3 mi
Raymond Kimbell Playground: 0.3 mi

Museums

Japantown Peace Gallery: 0.0 mi
Haas-Lilienthal House: 0.6 mi
Museum of Russian Culture: 0.6 mi
Antique Vibrator Museum: 0.7 mi
John Wickett Museum of Exotica: 0.8 mi

Artworks

San Francisco Japantown Sensu: 0.1 mi
Brijean: 0.2 mi
Natalie: 0.4 mi
Tolerance: 0.4 mi
Lighting Sculpture: 0.5 mi

Historic sites

Gardens

Gateway Community Garden: 0.4 mi
Tenderloin People’s Garden: 0.8 mi
Tenderloin Peoples' Garden: 0.8 mi
Page Street Community Garden: 0.8 mi
Koshland Park Community Garden: 0.9 mi

Peaks

Lafayette Heights: 0.5 mi
Hayes Hill: 0.7 mi
Alamo Heights: 0.7 mi
Nob Hill: 1.0 mi
Cannon Hill: 1.0 mi

Attractions

Picnic sites

Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
Picnic Pod A: 2.0 mi
West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
Udo & Jürgen's place: 4.0 mi
Picnic Area: 4.1 mi

Nature reserves

Fort Funston: 6.0 mi
Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.4 mi
Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 6.8 mi
Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 7.9 mi
Aramburu Island: 8.2 mi

Beaches56

East Beach: 1.9 mi
Crane Cove Beach: 2.8 mi
Marshall's Beach: 3.0 mi
Mile Rock Beach: 4.2 mi
Sand Springs Beach: 4.8 mi

Waterfalls16

Huntington Falls: 2.7 mi
Rainbow Falls: 2.8 mi
Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.5 mi
Kent Falls: 10.6 mi
Dawn Falls: 12.8 mi

Springs12

El Polín Spring: 1.4 mi
El Polín Spring: 1.5 mi
El Polín Spring: 1.5 mi
Old Spring: 7.2 mi
Lone Tree Spring: 12.2 mi

Cliffs7

Yellow Bluff: 4.2 mi
East Slope Badlands: 9.5 mi
Vent 5: 12.1 mi
Aramai Point: 12.9 mi
Rock Fort: 15.9 mi

Ghost towns5

Lynn: 10.8 mi
Winehaven: 11.5 mi
Russell City: 18.6 mi
Stokes Landing: 20.3 mi
Eckley: 22.3 mi

Lighthouses3

Natural arches2

Bird Island Arch: 6.4 mi
Temple: 24.5 mi

Hot springs1

Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.0 mi

Rest areas1

Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 17.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of Japantown Peace Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
San Bruno Mountain Summit	S 183°	371 m	6.8 mi
Richardson East	NW 320°	338.6 m	5.9 mi
Peak 1041	NW 314°	317.297 m	7.0 mi
Mount Davidson	SSW 202°	283 m	3.5 mi
Slacker Hill	NW 317°	282 m	4.8 mi
Hawk Hill	NW 308°	281 m	4.8 mi
Mount Sutro	SW 219°	278 m	2.4 mi
Noe Peak	SSW 203°	274 m	2.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:14	18:47	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	56	56	58	60	60	62	63	62	57	53
Precip in	4.4	4.4	3.2	1.6	0.7	0.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.9	2.6	4.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4446838989

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