- Elevation
- 0 m
- Tallest summit within 10.5 miles
- Vollmer Peak581 m · 6.9 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:35local time
- Coordinates
- 37.7953, -122.2801
USS Potomac is a museum in California, at a recorded 0 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Lightship Relief, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.
Potomac was a major symbol of FDR's presidency during 1936-45; briefings, meetings, and decisions were made on board, and she provided transportation to a rendezvous with Winston Churchill to arrange the Atlantic Charter in 1940. Formerly USCGC Electra.
United States presidential yacht
Wikidata Q3547436, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
- Built
- 1934
- Elevation
- 00 m
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of USS Potomac. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | NNE 28° | 581 m | 6.9 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NNE 29° | 540 m | 6.5 mi |
| Round Top | NE 52° | 531 m | 6.1 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NNE 23° | 531 m | 6.5 mi |
| Barberry Peak | NE 36° | 513 m | 6.3 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | NE 45° | 498 m | 6.3 mi |
| Eureka Peak | NNE 33° | 495 m | 6.9 mi |
| Redwood Peak | ENE 75° | 493 m | 5.9 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
- Lightship Relief: 0.0 mi
- Sneaker Museum: 0.5 mi
- The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment: 0.6 mi
- Pardee Home Museum: 0.7 mi
- African American Museum and Library at Oakland: 0.8 mi
- Jack London: 0.2 mi
- Pony Express Ferry "Oakland": 0.2 mi
- Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.: 0.4 mi
- C. L. Dellums: 0.5 mi
- Oakland Chinatown Hall of Pioneers: 0.6 mi
- Thornton House: 0.8 mi
- Friday Nights @ OMCA with Off the Grid: 0.9 mi
- The Music They Played on 7th Street Oakland Walk of Fame: 1.1 mi
- Gondola Servizio: 1.1 mi
- Old West Junction: 1.4 mi
- Pill Hill: 2.0 mi
- High Street Center: 3.7 mi
- Shellmound: 3.7 mi
- Observatory Hill: 5.6 mi
- Tightwad Hill: 5.6 mi
- Encinal beach: 1.9 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 2.9 mi
- Radio Beach: 3.0 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 4.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 5.0 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 9.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 10.8 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 10.9 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 12.5 mi
- Kent Falls: 17.4 mi
- Lynn: 2.6 mi
- Russell City: 12.7 mi
- Winehaven: 13.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 15.7 mi
- Eckley: 18.4 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 4.6 mi
- Quarters A: 4.6 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 13.7 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 18.3 mi
- Rest Stop: 22.1 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.1 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 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).
- National Register of Historic Places — USS POTOMAC (yacht), reference 87000068, listed 02/20/87.
- OpenStreetMap record
- Wikipedia
- Wikidata
- Official site
- National Register of Historic Places, reference 87000068
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