Fort Funston
Fort Funston is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Battery Davis, a historic site 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- National Park Service
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Battery Davis: 0.2 mi
- Nike Missile SF-59 Site: 0.4 mi
- Carlos III: 0.4 mi
- Juan Bautista De Anza: 0.7 mi
- Garden of Remembrance: 1.3 mi
- Lake Merced Sports Center: 0.4 mi
- Lake Merced Park: 0.5 mi
- Harding Park: 0.6 mi
- Greenie's Conservation Corner: 0.8 mi
- Fairy Circle: 1.3 mi
- Black Rhino: 0.7 mi
- Bongo: 0.7 mi
- Hippo: 0.7 mi
- Gorilla Preserve: 0.7 mi
- African Aviary: 0.8 mi
- Prehistoric Garden: 0.9 mi
- Habitat Garden: 1.2 mi
- Habitat Garden: 1.2 mi
- Habitat Garden: 1.2 mi
- Habitat Garden: 1.2 mi
- Java Dog Statue: 1.0 mi
- Penguin’s Prayer: 1.0 mi
- Waterfall Column: 1.2 mi
- Couple's Statue: 1.2 mi
- Tiger sculpture: 1.3 mi
- Daly City History Museum: 2.5 mi
- Colma Historical Museum: 3.7 mi
- California Academy of Sciences: 3.9 mi
- Legion of Honor: 4.4 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 4.6 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 6.2 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Forest Hill: 2.7 mi
- Larsen Peak: 2.7 mi
- Edgehill Heights: 2.8 mi
- City College Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Davidson: 2.9 mi
- San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 8.2 mi
- Pedro Point Headlands: 9.3 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 9.6 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 11.4 mi
- McNee Ranch State Park: 11.5 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 1.0 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 4.6 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 5.7 mi
- East Beach: 6.5 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 7.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 3.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 3.8 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.8 mi
- Kent Falls: 12.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 15.4 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.7 mi
- Old Spring: 9.2 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 13.4 mi
- Aramai Point: 7.9 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 8.1 mi
- Vent 5: 12.5 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 15.1 mi
- Rock Fort: 19.0 mi
- Lynn: 15.7 mi
- Winehaven: 16.6 mi
- Russell City: 20.7 mi
- Stokes Landing: 21.3 mi
- Purissima: 22.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 6.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 9.7 mi
- Quarters A: 9.7 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 7.4 mi
- Temple: 24.4 mi
- Keyhole: 24.9 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Fort Funston. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montara Mountain North Peak | S 173° | 570 m | 11.1 mi |
| Peak Mountain | S 175° | 545 m | 11.1 mi |
| South Peak | S 174° | 545 m | 11.5 mi |
| Montara Knob | S 175° | 487 m | 11.4 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | ESE 122° | 371 m | 4.3 mi |
| Richardson East | N 1° | 338.6 m | 9.0 mi |
| San Pedro Mountain | S 181° | 325 m | 10.2 mi |
| Peak 1041 | N 353° | 317.297 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, under a mile away.
- White-crowned Sparrow469 obs
- Eccentric Sand Dollar462 obs
- Western Gull438 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk399 obs
- Pacific Sand Crab380 obs
- Mallard372 obs
- Common Raven371 obs
- Great-tailed Grackle363 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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