Roald Amundsen
Roald Amundsen is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Mount Tamalpais West Point stands 527 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is “San Francisco Life”, Lucien Lebaudt (WPA 1936), a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Roald Amundsen Memorial by Sigvald Asbjørnsen is installed in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park, in the U.S. state of California. It honours Norwegian polar explorer Roald Amundsen, the first person to the South Pole.
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Wikidata Q96658172, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1930-03-01
- Material
- granite
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- “San Francisco Life”, Lucien Lebaudt (WPA 1936): 0.0 mi
- “Playland Revisited”, Ray Beldner 1996: 0.2 mi
- Diana: 0.6 mi
- Concrete Turtle: 0.8 mi
- The Thinker: 1.2 mi
- Dutch Windmill: 0.1 mi
- Murphy Windmill: 0.4 mi
- Sunset Dunes Art Exhibition: 0.6 mi
- Camera Obscura: 0.6 mi
- Sutro Baths: 0.7 mi
- Sutro Heights Park: 0.5 mi
- La Playa Park: 0.7 mi
- Cabrillo Playground: 0.7 mi
- Fulton Playground: 1.3 mi
- Sunset Dunes: 1.4 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 1.9 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 2.3 mi
- Grand View Hill: 2.3 mi
- Rob Hill: 2.6 mi
- Larsen Peak: 2.7 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 1.2 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.7 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 3.7 mi
- East Beach: 4.1 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 4.4 mi
- Fort Funston: 3.4 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.3 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Aramburu Island: 8.3 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 0.1 mi
- Sunset Community Garden: 1.6 mi
- Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.9 mi
- Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.9 mi
- Children's Garden: 2.0 mi
- City Fields Foundation (2015): 0.1 mi
- Playland-At-The-Beach (1920s-1972): 0.2 mi
- Schooner Parallel “Blown To Atoms” 1887: 0.6 mi
- Main pool house: 0.7 mi
- Boiler rooms: 0.7 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 0.7 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 3.7 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 3.9 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.8 mi
- Huntington Falls: 2.0 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 6.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.8 mi
- Dawn Falls: 12.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.4 mi
- Old Spring: 5.8 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 10.1 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 10.5 mi
- Rock Springs: 11.2 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 5.0 mi
- Vent 5: 9.5 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.3 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 12.4 mi
- Rock Fort: 15.5 mi
- Winehaven: 13.5 mi
- Lynn: 15.3 mi
- Russell City: 22.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 23.3 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 3.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 8.5 mi
- Quarters A: 8.5 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 4.0 mi
- Temple: 21.7 mi
- Keyhole: 22.2 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 10.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Roald Amundsen. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NNW 336° | 527 m | 11.1 mi |
| Bare Knoll | NNW 327° | 478 m | 10.8 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NNW 327° | 465 m | 10.8 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NNW 331° | 413 m | 10.1 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SE 144° | 371 m | 7.0 mi |
| Richardson East | N 7° | 339 m | 5.6 mi |
| Peak 1041 | N 354° | 317 m | 5.9 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SE 125° | 283 m | 3.8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/6453421870
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