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Peace Sign

Peace Sign from directly overhead

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.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

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Coordinates37.68971, -122.06658
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
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
Historic sites
  • 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
Gardens
Peaks
Picnic sites
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
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches: 24
Springs: 22
  • Eugene Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 14.2 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 11
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
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Peace Sign. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloNNE 32°1,173 m15.7 mi
Devil's PulpitNNE 33°1,110 m15.7 mi
North PeakNNE 33°1,084 m16.7 mi
Ransom PointNNE 31°1,037 m15.9 mi
Mission PeakSE 140°761 m15.9 mi
Eagle PeakNNE 25°722 m16.2 mi
Sunol PeakESE 121°664 m9.2 mi
Oyster PointNE 47°644 m14.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2116:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456586165666767645651
Precip in2.93.12.41.20.60.20.00.10.10.81.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1502896966

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