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MacArthur Freeway: Most Beautiful Urban Highway in the USA

MacArthur Freeway: Most Beautiful Urban Highway in the USA from directly overhead

MacArthur Freeway: Most Beautiful Urban Highway in the USA is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Grand Performance Mural, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
MacArthur Freeway: Most Beautiful Urban Highway in the USA. Nationwide Parade Magazine Scenic Award. 1966 Special Award to California Division of Highways. Dedicated by Oakland Chamber of Commerce and Professional Engineers in California Government.
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Coordinates37.81030, -122.24837
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Grand Performance Mural: 0.0 mi
  • Lakeview Mural: 0.1 mi
  • To Ignore Evil Mural: 0.1 mi
  • Say My Name: 0.2 mi
  • Lakeshore Mural: 0.2 mi
Parks
Museums
Attractions: 60
  • Hey, Diddle Diddle: 0.6 mi
  • Rapunzel's Castle: 0.6 mi
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb: 0.6 mi
  • Little Miss Muffet: 0.6 mi
  • Peter Rabbit's Village: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Pill Hill: 1.1 mi
  • High Street Center: 3.4 mi
  • Shellmound: 3.7 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 4.0 mi
  • Round Top: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites: 58
  • Circus Party Area: 0.6 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 0.7 mi
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 0.7 mi
  • Fire Circle: 3.1 mi
  • Croll's Garden: 3.2 mi
Gardens: 57
  • Palmetum: 0.6 mi
  • Vireya Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Golden State Bonsai Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Japanese Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Garden: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 57
Nature reserves
Beaches: 44
Springs: 23
  • El Polín Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Old Spring: 15.7 mi
  • Soto Springs: 16.5 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 21.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of MacArthur Freeway: Most Beautiful Urban Highway in the USA. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E617 m10.2 mi
Vollmer PeakNNE581 m5.3 mi
Las Trampas PeakE557 m10.2 mi
Vail PeakE545 m10.8 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE540 m4.9 mi
Round TopNE531 m4.1 mi
Grizzly PeakN531 m5.0 mi
Eagle PeakE524 m10.9 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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9581374355

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