Playland-At-The-Beach (1920s-1972)
Playland-At-The-Beach (1920s-1972) is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Mount Tamalpais East Peak stands 784 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is “Playland Revisited”, Ray Beldner 1996, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1981-05-19
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- “Playland Revisited”, Ray Beldner 1996: 0.0 mi
- “San Francisco Life”, Lucien Lebaudt (WPA 1936): 0.3 mi
- Diana: 0.4 mi
- Concrete Turtle: 0.8 mi
- The Thinker: 1.0 mi
- Dutch Windmill: 0.2 mi
- Camera Obscura: 0.4 mi
- Sutro Baths: 0.5 mi
- Murphy Windmill: 0.6 mi
- Sunset Dunes Art Exhibition: 0.8 mi
- Sutro Heights Park: 0.3 mi
- Cabrillo Playground: 0.6 mi
- La Playa Park: 0.9 mi
- Fulton Playground: 1.3 mi
- Rochambeau Playground: 1.6 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 2.3 mi
- Grand View Hill: 2.4 mi
- Rob Hill: 2.4 mi
- Larsen Peak: 2.8 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 1.0 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.6 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 3.5 mi
- East Beach: 3.9 mi
- Rodeo Beach: 4.2 mi
- Fort Funston: 3.6 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.1 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Aramburu Island: 8.0 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.2 mi
- Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 0.2 mi
- Sunset Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.8 mi
- Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.8 mi
- Children's Garden: 2.0 mi
- Roald Amundsen: 0.2 mi
- City Fields Foundation (2015): 0.3 mi
- Schooner Parallel “Blown To Atoms” 1887: 0.4 mi
- Main pool house: 0.5 mi
- Boiler rooms: 0.5 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 0.8 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 3.5 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 3.7 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.7 mi
- Huntington Falls: 2.0 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 6.3 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.6 mi
- Dawn Falls: 11.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.3 mi
- Old Spring: 5.6 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 10.0 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 10.3 mi
- Rock Springs: 11.1 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 4.8 mi
- Vent 5: 9.3 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.5 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 12.3 mi
- Rock Fort: 15.3 mi
- Winehaven: 13.3 mi
- Lynn: 15.3 mi
- Russell City: 22.2 mi
- Stokes Landing: 23.4 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 8.4 mi
- Quarters A: 8.4 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 3.8 mi
- Temple: 21.5 mi
- Keyhole: 22.0 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 10.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Playland-At-The-Beach (1920s-1972). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais East Peak | NNW 341° | 784 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NNW 335° | 527 m | 10.9 mi |
| Bare Knoll | NNW 326° | 478 m | 10.6 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NW 326° | 465 m | 10.6 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NNW 330° | 413 m | 9.9 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SE 145° | 371 m | 7.2 mi |
| Richardson East | N 7° | 339 m | 5.4 mi |
| Peak 1041 | N 353° | 317 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 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 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6978490805
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