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Berkeley Rose Garden

Berkeley Rose Garden from directly overhead

Berkeley Rose Garden is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 135 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off.

Berkeley’s Historic Rose Garden is a regional destination with its 1,500 rose bushes and 250 varieties of roses, along with breathtaking views of the San Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.88535, -122.26314

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area #2: 0.1 mi
  • Picnic Area #1: 0.1 mi
  • Picnic area #3: 0.1 mi
  • Acacia: 1.0 mi
  • Island: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Holy Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Tightwad Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Grizzly Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Spiral Knob: 2.1 mi
Attractions
Beaches: 35
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.3 miles of Berkeley Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2ESE 114°617 m12.0 mi
Vollmer PeakE 93°581 m2.3 mi
Las Trampas PeakESE 108°557 m11.4 mi
Vail PeakESE 110°545 m12.2 mi
Chaparral PeakESE 103°540 m2.2 mi
Grizzly PeakE 98°531 m1.6 mi
Round TopESE 122°531 m4.6 mi
Barberry PeakESE 112°513 m3.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515355576063646465635651
Precip in4.85.13.81.80.80.30.00.10.11.22.75.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, under a mile away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel2,574 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco1,241 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,205 obs
  • Monarch1,201 obs
  • Western Honey Bee1,067 obs
  • Wild Turkey1,058 obs
  • Pipevine Swallowtail993 obs
  • California Slender Salamander873 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/255316871

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