Museum · California
USS Hornet (CV 12)
USS Hornet (CV 12) is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of -10 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is F-4 Phantom, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1943
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates37.77273, -122.30296
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- F-4 Phantom: 0.0 mi
- F-14 Tomcat: 0.0 mi
- S-3 Viking: 0.1 mi
- The Music They Played on 7th Street Oakland Walk of Fame: 2.3 mi
- Thornton House: 2.7 mi
Artworks
- Calimar: 0.2 mi
- Beken: 0.6 mi
- Pan American Airways China Clipper: 0.7 mi
- The Cheemah Monument at Jack London Square: 2.1 mi
- Underdog Mural: 2.1 mi
Parks
- De-pave park: 0.5 mi
- Alameda Point Waterfront Park: 0.5 mi
- Seaplane Lagoon Promenade: 0.6 mi
- Runway: 0.7 mi
- Woodstock Park: 1.0 mi
Museums
- Alameda Naval Air Museum: 0.6 mi
- Pacific Pinball Museum: 1.4 mi
- USS Potomac: 2.0 mi
- Lightship Relief: 2.0 mi
- Sneaker Museum: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
- Pan Am China Clipper: 1.0 mi
- Termination of the Transcontinental Railroad: 1.0 mi
- Termination of the Transcontinental Railroad: 1.0 mi
- NAS Alameda (abandoned): 1.3 mi
- First Transcontinental Railroad: 1.4 mi
Gardens
- Alameda Point Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- REAP Center: 1.8 mi
- Chinese Garden: 2.5 mi
- Oakland Museum of California Gardens: 2.8 mi
- Afrikatown Community Garden: 3.2 mi
Picnic sites
- Neptune: 1.4 mi
- Croll's Garden: 1.5 mi
- Seawind: 1.5 mi
- Mariner's Lagoon: 1.5 mi
- Sandcastle: 1.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 1.5 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 5.2 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 6.6 mi
- Castle Canyon: 6.6 mi
- Beaconsfield Canyon: 6.8 mi
Peaks
- Pill Hill: 3.9 mi
- Shellmound: 4.1 mi
- High Street Center: 4.2 mi
- Rincon Hill: 4.9 mi
- Stony Hill: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 55
- Encinal beach: 0.7 mi
- Radio Beach: 3.6 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 3.7 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 4.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.1 mi
Springs: 26
- El Polín Spring: 8.4 mi
- El Polín Spring: 8.4 mi
- El Polín Spring: 8.5 mi
- Old Spring: 13.6 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 18.5 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 7.1 mi
- Huntington Falls: 9.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 9.6 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 14.5 mi
- Kent Falls: 16.9 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Chab: 9.9 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 10.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 10.8 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 13.8 mi
- Aramai Point: 15.8 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Lynn: 4.3 mi
- Russell City: 12.4 mi
- Winehaven: 13.8 mi
- Stokes Landing: 15.0 mi
- Eckley: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 4.0 mi
- Quarters A: 4.1 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 12.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 16.5 mi
- Rest Stop: 24.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 13.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of USS Hornet (CV 12). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | NNE 30° | 581 m | 8.8 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NNE 31° | 540 m | 8.5 mi |
| Round Top | NE 48° | 531 m | 8.1 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NNE 27° | 531 m | 8.5 mi |
| Barberry Peak | NE 36° | 513 m | 8.3 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | NE 44° | 498 m | 8.2 mi |
| Eureka Peak | NE 34° | 495 m | 8.9 mi |
| Redwood Peak | ENE 66° | 493 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 91002065OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — USS HORNET, reference 91002065, listed 12/04/91.
OpenStreetMap element way/108194377
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