Lafayette Hillside Memorial - The Crosses of Lafayette
Lafayette Hillside Memorial - The Crosses of Lafayette is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 117 m. Eagle Peak stands 722 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Vessel #24 - Nesting, a artwork 0.5 miles away.
The crosses are intended to serve as a memorial for soldiers killed in the Iraq War and Afghanistan War, with the sign containing a running total of the death count as recorded by the US Department of Defense.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Vessel #24 - Nesting: 0.5 mi
- Dancing Oak: 0.5 mi
- KLS: Day at Kareno: 0.5 mi
- Fistulation: 0.5 mi
- Puzzle Pieces: 0.5 mi
- Brook Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Leigh Creekside Park: 0.7 mi
- Stanley Park: 0.8 mi
- Saint Marys Ballfield: 1.8 mi
- Meher Park: 1.9 mi
- Lafayette Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Moraga Garden Center: 4.0 mi
- Ruth Bancroft Garden: 5.2 mi
- Communuity Garden: 5.4 mi
- Horticulture (OH): 6.0 mi
- Upper Reserved Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Willows Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
- Elder: 6.0 mi
- Big Bend Meadow: 6.0 mi
- Laurel: 6.0 mi
- Olympic Blvd. Staging Area: 1.6 mi
- Land Bank: 2.0 mi
- Acalanes Ridge: 2.1 mi
- Russell Research Station: 2.2 mi
- Painted Rock: 2.4 mi
- Russell Peak: 1.8 mi
- Mulholland Hill: 2.7 mi
- Briones Peak: 2.9 mi
- Dinosaur Hill: 3.4 mi
- Motts Peak: 3.5 mi
- Lindsay Wildlife Experience: 3.3 mi
- Walnut Creek Model Railroad Society: 3.3 mi
- Golden Gate Live Steamers: 5.5 mi
- Shadelands Ranch Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
- Chabot Space and Science Center: 6.1 mi
- Turkey Vulture: 3.3 mi
- Labyrinth: 4.0 mi
- Alhambra Creek Valley Staging Area: 4.3 mi
- Mazzariello Labyrinth: 4.7 mi
- The Old Borges Ranchouse: 6.6 mi
- Sculpture of Saint John Baptist de La Salle: 3.8 mi
- Ivan Dickson Memorial: 3.8 mi
- SMC Letters: 4.0 mi
- John Muir Statue & Fountain: 4.7 mi
- Soldiers' Memorial Monument: 4.8 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 6.7 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 7.0 mi
- Albany Beach: 10.5 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 11.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 11.7 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 7.2 mi
- Soto Springs: 8.6 mi
- Peach Tree Spring: 8.8 mi
- Coffeeberry Spring: 9.1 mi
- Moses Rock Spring: 9.4 mi
- Lynn: 8.8 mi
- Eckley: 11.8 mi
- Acelanus: 12.6 mi
- Ambrose: 13.5 mi
- Nortonville: 13.9 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 3.9 mi
- Tehan Falls: 18.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 20.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 21.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 21.2 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 7.9 mi
- Turtle Rock: 9.9 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 9.9 mi
- Chab: 11.3 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 14.0 mi
- Quarters A: 14.4 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 14.4 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 22.8 mi
- Rest Stop: 13.3 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Lafayette Hillside Memorial - The Crosses of Lafayette. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eagle Peak | E 87° | 722 m | 10.1 mi |
| Rock 2 | SSE 148° | 617 m | 6.5 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | W 262° | 581 m | 5.4 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | SE 143° | 557 m | 5.3 mi |
| Vail Peak | SE 141° | 545 m | 6.2 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | WSW 258° | 540 m | 5.6 mi |
| Round Top | SW 231° | 531 m | 4.9 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | W 262° | 531 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 71 | 73 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 56 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 1.9 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Concord Wwtp, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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