Historic site · California
Peace Sign
Peace Sign is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 59 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north-northeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sage Pocket Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
Coordinates37.68971, -122.06658
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Discovery Center: 0.9 mi
- Hayward Area Historical Society: 1.3 mi
- C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology: 2.6 mi
- McConaghy House: 3.3 mi
- Dunsmuir House: 5.5 mi
Peaks
- Maderia Hill: 1.3 mi
- Vista Peak: 3.7 mi
- Garin Peak: 3.7 mi
- Wiedemann Hill: 5.2 mi
- Donlan Point: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites
- Picnic Area 2: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 1.9 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 7.0 mi
- Lampert Knoll: 8.3 mi
Attractions
- Dunsmuir House and Gardens: 5.5 mi
- Mountain Lion: 5.8 mi
- Black Bear: 5.8 mi
- Grizzly Bear: 5.9 mi
- Jaguar: 5.9 mi
Historic sites: 59
- Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 1.1 mi
- Memorial to the Chinese Laborers: 4.5 mi
- Rowell Ranch: 4.8 mi
- Holding Tomorrow's Heart: 6.1 mi
- City of San Leandro Monument: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Dublin Hills Regional Park: 5.6 mi
- Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park: 5.8 mi
- Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Land Bank: 7.7 mi
- Dougherty Hills Open Space: 8.5 mi
Gardens: 57
- Castro Valley High Scool Garden: 1.2 mi
- Kellicutt Garden: 5.4 mi
- Reading Garden (Roos): 5.4 mi
- Iris Garden: 6.3 mi
- John Haley Community Garden: 7.6 mi
Artworks
- Truth Is Beauty: 5.6 mi
- The Junction: 7.0 mi
- Rising Wave: 7.1 mi
- Folded Circle: 7.5 mi
- Conversation: 8.4 mi
Parks: 44
- Sage Pocket Park: 0.3 mi
- San Felipe Park: 0.7 mi
- Earl Warren Park: 0.8 mi
- Don Castro Regional Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Sulphur Creek Nature Center: 0.9 mi
Beaches: 24
- Niles beach: 8.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.0 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 12.3 mi
- Encinal beach: 13.5 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 14.1 mi
Springs: 18
- Eugene Spring: 6.1 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 13.5 mi
- Sheepherder Spring: 13.9 mi
- Mineral Spring: 14.2 mi
- Maple Spring: 14.3 mi
Ghost towns: 11
- Russell City: 4.5 mi
- Stokes Landing: 7.9 mi
- Lynn: 11.9 mi
- Drawbridge: 16.3 mi
- Acelanus: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Chab: 4.5 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 7.4 mi
- Turtle Rock: 13.9 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 17.0 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 18.3 mi
Waterfalls: 6
- Tehan Falls: 7.0 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 18.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 19.2 mi
- Murietta Falls: 22.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 22.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 18.1 mi
- Quarters A: 18.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Peace Sign. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | NNE 32° | 1,173 m | 15.7 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | NNE 33° | 1,110 m | 15.7 mi |
| North Peak | NNE 33° | 1,084 m | 16.7 mi |
| Ransom Point | NNE 31° | 1,037 m | 15.9 mi |
| Mount Allison | SE 141° | 793 m | 17.0 mi |
| Mission Peak | SE 140° | 761 m | 15.9 mi |
| Sunol Peak | ESE 121° | 664 m | 9.2 mi |
| Oyster Point | NE 47° | 644 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 51 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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