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Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center

Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center from directly overhead

Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Monument Peak North stands 800 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Rancho Arroyo Park, a park 1.9 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.62333, -122.13722
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
  • McConaghy House: 3.4 mi
  • Union City Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
  • Hayward Area Historical Society: 4.7 mi
  • C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology: 5.0 mi
  • Discovery Center: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
  • Flight 93 Memorial: 4.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi
  • Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 4.9 mi
  • Peace Sign: 6.0 mi
  • Former SF-37 Nike MIssile IFC (Radar) area: 6.5 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches: 51
  • Niles beach: 7.9 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 9.3 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Aardvark Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Encinal beach: 13.1 mi
Springs: 23
  • Eugene Spring: 11.8 mi
  • McClure Spring: 16.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Summit Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 19.5 mi
Cliffs: 10
  • Chab: 7.5 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 12.8 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 19.8 mi
  • Aramai Point: 19.9 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monument Peak NorthESE 122°800 m17.5 mi
Mount AllisonESE 120°793 m16.9 mi
Monument PeakESE 123°776 m17.7 mi
Monument Peak NorthwestESE 122°775 m17.4 mi
Mission PeakESE 119°761 m16.0 mi
Morena SierraSSW 213°731 m17.5 mi
Skeggs PointSSW 212°703 m17.3 mi
Sunol PeakE 91°664 m11.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4819:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2116:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456586165666767645651
Precip in2.93.12.41.20.60.20.00.10.10.81.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/104588017

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