Park · California
Alice Chalmers Playground
Alice Chalmers Playground is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 103 m. Scarper Peak stands 593 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is The Zen Garden II, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 103 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- San Francisco Recreation & Park Department
How to reach it
Coordinates37.70985, -122.44682
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- The Zen Garden II: 0.1 mi
- Art Panels: 1.1 mi
- Olmec Head: 1.2 mi
- Pan American Unity: 1.2 mi
- Animal Mural: 1.6 mi
Parks
- Cayuga Park: 0.3 mi
- Mission Hills Park: 0.3 mi
- Lincoln Park: 0.4 mi
- Frankfort Park: 0.4 mi
- Lessing & Sears Mini Park: 0.5 mi
Gardens
- Lessing & Sears Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Geneva Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Crocker Amazon Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Brooks Park Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Joan's Oasis: 1.8 mi
Museums
- Daly City History Museum: 0.9 mi
- Colma Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
- GLBT History Museum: 3.6 mi
- Randall Museum: 3.8 mi
- Southern Exposure: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- City College Hill: 1.1 mi
- Visitacion Knob: 1.5 mi
- San Bruno Mountain Summit: 1.7 mi
- Mount Davidson: 2.0 mi
- Gold Mine Hill: 2.2 mi
Attractions
- Lover's Rock: 1.2 mi
- Philosopher's Hill and Labyrinth: 1.6 mi
- Gambier Plaza: 1.7 mi
- Hidden Bridge: 1.9 mi
- Hidden Bridge: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.3 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.8 mi
- Meryl Bennington Rose Garden: 1.8 mi
- The First Dynamite Factory In America: 1.9 mi
- “Connect the Dots”: 40th anniversary, 1968 student-strike: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 4.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 6.0 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 6.5 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Fort Funston: 3.1 mi
- San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 6.8 mi
- Pedro Point Headlands: 9.3 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 10.0 mi
- Spencer Lake Open Space: 10.3 mi
Beaches: 59
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 3.0 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 4.9 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 6.3 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 6.6 mi
- East Beach: 6.7 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 1.9 mi
- Huntington Falls: 4.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 4.6 mi
- Kent Falls: 14.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 17.0 mi
Springs: 12
- El Polín Spring: 5.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.8 mi
- Old Spring: 10.9 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Aramai Point: 7.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 8.9 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 14.8 mi
- Vent 5: 14.9 mi
- Chab: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Lynn: 13.3 mi
- Winehaven: 16.8 mi
- Russell City: 17.6 mi
- Stokes Landing: 18.2 mi
- Purissima: 21.3 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 8.2 mi
- Quarters A: 8.2 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 8.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 9.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Alice Chalmers Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarper Peak | S 175° | 592.5 m | 12.6 mi |
| Montara Mountain North Peak | S 189° | 570 m | 10.4 mi |
| Peak Mountain | SSW 191° | 545 m | 10.5 mi |
| South Peak | S 190° | 545 m | 10.8 mi |
| Montara Knob | SSW 191° | 487 m | 10.8 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 158° | 371 m | 1.7 mi |
| Richardson East | NNW 344° | 338.6 m | 10.1 mi |
| San Pedro Mountain | SSW 199° | 325 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| 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, 3 mi away.
- California poppy598 obs
- coyote brush462 obs
- orange bush monkeyflower435 obs
- common cowparsnip431 obs
- checkerbloom406 obs
- Broad-leaved Stonecrop405 obs
- San Francisco wallflower392 obs
- Garden Snail367 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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