Quarters A
Quarters A is a lighthouse in California, at a modelled elevation of 39 m. Chaparral Peak stands 540 m to the east-northeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse, a lighthouse 0.1 miles away.
The story
Lighthouse in California, United States.
Dates from 1875.
Wikidata Q8052543, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1873
- Height
- 5 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Point of Infinity: 0.4 mi
- Islands of the Pacific: 0.8 mi
- Signal: 1.3 mi
- three_dog_heads: 1.3 mi
- Echoes: A Voice From Uncharted Waters: 1.9 mi
- Pier 24: 1.9 mi
- San Francisco Railway Museum: 2.0 mi
- Exploratorium: 2.0 mi
- San Francisco Historical Society Museum: 2.4 mi
- Institute of Contemporary Art San Francisco: 2.5 mi
- Rincon Hill: 2.3 mi
- Telegraph Hill: 2.4 mi
- Russian Hill: 3.0 mi
- Nob Hill: 3.1 mi
- Lafayette Heights: 3.7 mi
- Bimla Gill Rhinehart: 0.5 mi
- Mohandas K. Gandhi: 1.9 mi
- Hills Brothers Coffee: 1.9 mi
- Location of former Embarcadero Freeway: 1.9 mi
- The River Lines: 1.9 mi
- 123 Mission Plaza: 2.1 mi
- Grace Marchant Garden: 2.3 mi
- Filbert Steps Garden: 2.4 mi
- East Garden: 2.6 mi
- Learning Garden: 2.7 mi
- Hilltop East: 0.3 mi
- Panorama Park: 0.4 mi
- Buckeye Grove: 0.5 mi
- Clipper Cove Beach: 0.6 mi
- Causeway Park: 0.7 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Tern Nesting: 6.3 mi
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline: 6.7 mi
- Grinnell Natural Area: 6.9 mi
- South Richmond Shoreline: 7.2 mi
- Radio Beach: 2.5 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 2.8 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 3.4 mi
- Encinal beach: 4.7 mi
- Quarry Beach: 4.8 mi
- Treasure Island Naval Station: 0.8 mi
- San Francisco Ferry Building: 1.9 mi
- Bayside History Walk: 1.9 mi
- Salesforce Park Cable Car: 2.2 mi
- Filbert Steps: 2.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.1 mi
- Old Spring: 9.7 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 14.5 mi
- Colier Spring: 15.2 mi
- Rock Springs: 15.4 mi
- Huntington Falls: 6.7 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 6.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 6.8 mi
- Kent Falls: 12.9 mi
- Dawn Falls: 14.1 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 6.3 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 7.6 mi
- Chab: 13.8 mi
- Vent 5: 14.7 mi
- Aramai Point: 15.8 mi
- Lynn: 7.1 mi
- Winehaven: 10.3 mi
- Russell City: 16.5 mi
- Stokes Landing: 18.9 mi
- Eckley: 19.1 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 0.1 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 9.1 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 18.6 mi
- Rest Stop: 23.6 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 9.6 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.2 miles of Quarters A. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chaparral Peak | ENE 57° | 540 m | 9.0 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NE 54° | 531 m | 8.7 mi |
| Barberry Peak | ENE 63° | 513 m | 9.2 mi |
| Spiral Knob | ENE 59° | 423 m | 8.5 mi |
| Richardson East | WNW 292° | 339 m | 8.0 mi |
| William Rust Summit | NNE 26° | 306 m | 9.1 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SW 226° | 283 m | 6.9 mi |
| Slacker Hill | WNW 285° | 282 m | 7.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 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, 4 mi away.
The nearest NOAA station publishes daily tide predictions.
NOAA CO-OPS station Yerba Buena Island, CA, under a mile away — today’s predictions live there.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 91001096OpenStreetMap- National Register of Historic Places — Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse, reference 91001096, listed 09/03/91.
OpenStreetMap element way/291188942
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