Pioneer Monument
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Pioneer Monument is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 17 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is California Native Americans, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Pioneer Monument is a granite monument supporting bronze figures and reliefs created by Frank Happersberger and financed by the estate of James Lick. It is located on Fulton Street between Hyde and Larkin streets in the Civic Center of San Francisco, California, next to the San Francisco Public Library. It was dedicated on November 29, 1894. A highly controversial component, Early Days, was removed in 2018.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dates from 1894.
Wikidata Q14683658, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1894
- Elevation
- 17 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco: 0.0 mi
- Tenderloin Museum: 0.3 mi
- International Art Museum of America: 0.3 mi
- American Bookbinders Museum: 0.7 mi
- Children's Creativity Museum: 0.8 mi
- Nob Hill: 0.9 mi
- Hayes Hill: 1.1 mi
- Lafayette Heights: 1.1 mi
- Alamo Heights: 1.1 mi
- Russian Hill: 1.2 mi
- Fort Funston: 6.2 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 7.2 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.4 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 7.6 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.6 mi
- Civic Center Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Turk-Hyde Mini Park: 0.2 mi
- Urban Alchemy Oasis: 0.2 mi
- The Commons: 0.2 mi
- War Memorial Court: 0.3 mi
- atemtuhe: 0.0 mi
- Functional and Fantasy Stair: 0.0 mi
- Double L Excentric Gyratory: 0.0 mi
- Cyclone Fragment: 0.0 mi
- Simon Bolivar: 0.1 mi
- Tenderloin Peoples' Garden: 0.1 mi
- Tenderloin People’s Garden: 0.1 mi
- Oasis at 50 Jones: 0.3 mi
- Howard & Langton Mini Park Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Page & Laguna Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- California Native Americans: 0.0 mi
- Ashurbanipal: 0.0 mi
- Portrait of a Phenomenal Woman: 0.0 mi
- Matthew Hall McAllister: 0.2 mi
- San Francisco Veterans Memorial: 0.3 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 1.9 mi
- East Beach: 2.7 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 3.8 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 5.0 mi
- Sand Springs Beach: 5.3 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 2.8 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 4.6 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 6.9 mi
- Cable Car Turntable (Powell & Market): 0.6 mi
- California and Powell streets: 0.9 mi
- Dragon Gate: 0.9 mi
- Painted Ladies: 1.0 mi
- Alamo Square Historic District: 1.1 mi
- Huntington Falls: 3.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.4 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.1 mi
- Kent Falls: 11.5 mi
- Dawn Falls: 13.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.3 mi
- Old Spring: 8.1 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 13.1 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 13.9 mi
- Rock Springs: 14.1 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 5.0 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 9.7 mi
- Aramai Point: 12.8 mi
- Vent 5: 12.9 mi
- Chab: 16.0 mi
- Lynn: 10.1 mi
- Winehaven: 11.9 mi
- Russell City: 17.7 mi
- Stokes Landing: 19.5 mi
- Eckley: 22.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 3.5 mi
- Quarters A: 3.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 7.3 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.8 miles of Pioneer Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | S 190° | 371 m | 6.5 mi |
| Richardson East | NW 317° | 339 m | 6.7 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NW 312° | 317 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SW 215° | 283 m | 3.5 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NW 314° | 282 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hawk Hill | NW 307° | 281 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Sutro | WSW 236° | 278 m | 2.7 mi |
| Noe Peak | SW 222° | 274 m | 2.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/550601226
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