NAS Alameda (abandoned)
NAS Alameda (abandoned) is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Runway, a park 0.6 miles away.
The story
Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station mostly in Alameda, California, with a slight portion of it within San Francisco proper, on San Francisco Bay. NAS Alameda had two runways: 13–31 measuring 8,000 ft × 200 ft (2,438 m × 61 m) and 07-25 measuring 7,200 ft × 200 ft (2,195 m × 61 m). Two helicopter pads and a control tower were also part of the facilities.
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Wikidata Q3016749, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Runway: 0.6 mi
- De-pave park: 0.7 mi
- Alameda Point Multi-Purpose Field: 0.8 mi
- Alameda Point Waterfront Park: 0.9 mi
- Seaplane Lagoon Promenade: 1.1 mi
- Alameda Naval Air Museum: 1.1 mi
- USS Hornet (CV 12): 1.3 mi
- Lightship Relief: 2.2 mi
- USS Potomac: 2.2 mi
- Pacific Pinball Museum: 2.4 mi
- Beken: 1.1 mi
- Pan American Airways China Clipper: 1.1 mi
- Calimar: 1.4 mi
- Back Flip Mural: 1.7 mi
- Nick Kuszyk House Mural: 1.7 mi
- Pill Hill: 3.8 mi
- Rincon Hill: 4.0 mi
- Potrero Hill: 4.9 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 4.9 mi
- Stony Hill: 5.1 mi
- Alameda Point Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- REAP Center: 2.3 mi
- Chinese Garden: 2.7 mi
- Afrikatown Community Garden: 3.0 mi
- Oakland Museum of California Gardens: 3.1 mi
- Termination of the Transcontinental Railroad: 0.8 mi
- Pan Am China Clipper: 0.8 mi
- Pony Express Ferry "Oakland": 2.3 mi
- First Transcontinental Railroad: 2.4 mi
- Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.: 2.5 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 2.6 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 6.3 mi
- Grinnell Natural Area: 6.5 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 7.0 mi
- Castle Canyon: 7.1 mi
- Neptune: 2.5 mi
- Croll's Garden: 2.6 mi
- Seawind: 2.6 mi
- Mariner's Lagoon: 2.7 mi
- Sandcastle: 2.9 mi
- Encinal beach: 1.9 mi
- Radio Beach: 2.6 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 2.7 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 4.1 mi
- Sandy Beach: 6.3 mi
- F-4 Phantom: 1.3 mi
- F-14 Tomcat: 1.3 mi
- S-3 Viking: 1.3 mi
- The Music They Played on 7th Street Oakland Walk of Fame: 1.8 mi
- Thornton House: 2.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 7.4 mi
- Old Spring: 12.5 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 17.3 mi
- Colier Spring: 18.1 mi
- Rock Springs: 18.2 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 7.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 8.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 8.8 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 14.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 15.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 9.1 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 9.6 mi
- Chab: 11.0 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 14.6 mi
- Aramai Point: 15.9 mi
- Lynn: 4.8 mi
- Winehaven: 12.6 mi
- Russell City: 13.7 mi
- Stokes Landing: 16.2 mi
- Eckley: 19.5 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 2.8 mi
- Quarters A: 2.8 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 11.7 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 17.3 mi
- Rest Stop: 23.6 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 12.2 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of NAS Alameda (abandoned). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | NE 38° | 581 m | 8.5 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NE 39° | 540 m | 8.2 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NE 35° | 531 m | 8.1 mi |
| Round Top | ENE 57° | 531 m | 8.2 mi |
| Barberry Peak | NE 45° | 513 m | 8.1 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | NE 52° | 498 m | 8.2 mi |
| Redwood Peak | ENE 74° | 493 m | 8.0 mi |
| Spiral Knob | NE 39° | 423 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/2697485593
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