Skip to content
Byway
Park · California

Bidwell Park

Bidwell Park from directly overhead

Bidwell Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Rose Peak stands 1,163 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairway Greens Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.61833, -122.04188
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 1.5 mi
  • iFLY Indoor Skydiving: 1.9 mi
  • The Patterson House: 4.2 mi
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 4.4 mi
  • Niles: 4.5 mi
Gardens
  • Iris Garden: 1.6 mi
  • John Haley Community Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Environmentally Sustainable Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.9 mi
  • LEAF Community Garden: 4.0 mi
Peaks
  • Garin Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Vista Peak: 1.7 mi
  • Gossip Rock: 2.4 mi
  • Tolman Peak: 2.8 mi
  • Turk Island: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Flight 93 Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.9 mi
  • Japanese Teahouse: 4.0 mi
  • Armed Forces memorial plaque: 4.5 mi
  • Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 4.7 mi
Museums
  • Union City Historical Museum: 2.5 mi
  • C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology: 2.5 mi
  • Discovery Center: 4.2 mi
  • Ardenwood Forge: 4.2 mi
  • Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites
Artworks
Beaches: 25
  • Niles beach: 3.4 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 11.5 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Aardvark Beach: 16.1 mi
Springs: 20
  • Eugene Spring: 8.6 mi
  • McClure Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 17.2 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 17.7 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Chab: 9.1 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 12.3 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 16.4 mi
  • The Bluff: 17.2 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 6
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Bidwell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rose PeakESE 113°1,163 m18.9 mi
Monument Peak NorthSE 133°800 m13.1 mi
Mount AllisonSE 131°793 m12.5 mi
Monument PeakSE 134°776 m13.4 mi
Monument Peak NorthwestSE 134°775 m13.0 mi
Mission PeakSE 130°761 m11.5 mi
Rocky RidgeESE 103°739.5 m19.0 mi
Dragon MountainSE 135°671 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456586165666767645651
Precip in2.93.12.41.20.60.20.00.10.10.81.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard80 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk70 obs
  • California Newt65 obs
  • California poppy64 obs
  • California buckeye63 obs
  • Monarch60 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel60 obs
  • milk thistle56 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/556458408

More parks in California

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Plan a driveMore parks
Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Bidwell Park.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens