World War II Memorial
World War II Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 92 m. Mount Tamalpais West Point stands 527 m to the northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Saffold, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
The story
The West Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II is a monument dedicated to missing soldiers, sailors, marines, coast guardsmen, and airmen of World War II. It is a curved wall of California granite set in a grove of Monterey pine and cypress and overlooking the Pacific Ocean. It bears the name, rank, organization and State of each of the 413 members of the Armed Forces who lost their lives or were buried at sea in the Pacific coastal waters. It is located on high ground overlooking Baker Beach along the Pacific Ocean, at the intersection of Lincoln and Kobbe Boulevards, along the western edge of the Presidio of San Francisco, California. The architect was Hervey Parke Clark with landscape architecture by Lawrence Halprin. The sculptor was Jean de Marco, who won the 1965 Henry Hering Memorial Award for his work here. The West Coast Memorial is one of three war memorials in the United States administered by the American Battle Monuments Commission; the others are the East Coast Memorial to the Missing of World War II in New York and the Honolulu Memorial.
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Dates from 1960-11-29.
Wikidata Q7984818, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Rob Hill: 0.2 mi
- Presidio Hill: 0.8 mi
- Cannon Hill: 1.8 mi
- Laurel Hill: 1.9 mi
- Lone Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Fort Statue: 0.4 mi
- Spread the Word: 0.8 mi
- Poetry Garden: 1.1 mi
- Spire: 1.1 mi
- The Ordonez Gun: 1.1 mi
- Mountain Lake Park: 0.9 mi
- Richmond Playground: 0.9 mi
- Rochambeau Playground: 1.0 mi
- Richmond Recreation Center: 1.1 mi
- Outpost Meadow: 1.1 mi
- Compton Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.6 mi
- Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.6 mi
- George and Judy Marcus Garden of Enchantment: 1.9 mi
- John McLaren Memorial Rhododendron Dell: 2.0 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 4.4 mi
- Fort Funston: 5.5 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 6.3 mi
- Aramburu Island: 6.4 mi
- Battery Saffold: 0.1 mi
- Battery Crosby: 0.1 mi
- Battery Dynamite: 0.2 mi
- Battery West: 0.3 mi
- Fort Winfield Scott: 0.3 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 0.2 mi
- East Beach: 1.5 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 1.7 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 2.4 mi
- Swede's Beach: 3.4 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 1.1 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 2.6 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 3.3 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
- Welcome Center: 0.7 mi
- Palace of Fine Arts: 1.6 mi
- Golden Gate Bridge: 1.7 mi
- Japanese Tea Garden: 2.0 mi
- Conservatory of Flowers: 2.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Huntington Falls: 2.1 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 6.4 mi
- Kent Falls: 8.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 10.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 1.3 mi
- Old Spring: 4.7 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 9.6 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 10.4 mi
- Rock Springs: 10.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Vent 5: 9.4 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 9.8 mi
- Aramai Point: 13.3 mi
- Rock Fort: 14.1 mi
- Winehaven: 11.1 mi
- Lynn: 13.4 mi
- Russell City: 21.3 mi
- Stokes Landing: 22.9 mi
- Eckley: 23.2 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 3.1 mi
- Quarters A: 6.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.3 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 3.7 mi
- Temple: 21.8 mi
- Keyhole: 22.3 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 10.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of World War II Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Tamalpais West Point | NW 322° | 527 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bare Knoll | NW 313° | 478 m | 10.4 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NW 312° | 465 m | 10.4 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NW 315° | 413 m | 9.6 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 163° | 371 m | 8.0 mi |
| Richardson East | NNW 343° | 339 m | 3.8 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 328° | 317 m | 4.6 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SSE 162° | 283 m | 4.4 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 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| 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 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/281555367
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