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Aptos Playground

Aptos Playground from directly overhead

Aptos Playground is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 98 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Gregangelo Museum, a attraction 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
98 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.72823, -122.46676

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Gregangelo Museum: 0.3 mi
  • Fake Seagull: 1.2 mi
  • Grizzly Gulch: 1.8 mi
  • Eagle Island: 1.8 mi
  • Chacoan Peccary: 1.8 mi
Parks
  • Junipero Serra Playground: 0.5 mi
  • Terrace Green Park: 0.6 mi
  • Secret Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Fairy Circle: 0.7 mi
  • Lakeview and Ashton Mini Park: 0.7 mi
Gardens
  • Stormwater / Roofwater Management Bioswales: 0.7 mi
  • HSS Courtyard: 0.7 mi
  • Brooks Park Community Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Habitat Gardens: 0.8 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • City College Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Mount Davidson: 1.0 mi
  • Edgehill Heights: 1.1 mi
  • Forest Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Larsen Peak: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 5.2 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 2.0 mi
  • San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 8.2 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 9.3 mi
  • Pedro Point Headlands: 10.1 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 10.6 mi
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 15
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Aptos Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montara Mountain North PeakS 183°570 m11.5 mi
Peak MountainS 185°545 m11.6 mi
South PeakS 183°545 m11.9 mi
Montara KnobS 185°487 m11.9 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSE 149°371 m3.3 mi
Richardson EastNNW 348°338.6 m8.7 mi
San Pedro MountainSSW 192°325 m10.9 mi
Peak 1041NNW 341°317.297 m9.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525454555557586060605753
Precip in3.94.03.01.40.60.20.00.10.10.92.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 2 mi away.

  • California poppy661 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow607 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup526 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk437 obs
  • coyote brush411 obs
  • Western Honey Bee400 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird374 obs
  • Lawn daisy371 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/48435252

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