Park · California
Bushrod Park
Bushrod Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Bushrod Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Oakland
How to reach it
Coordinates37.84592, -122.26363
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Bushrod Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- Yard Garden: 0.8 mi
- Garden: 0.8 mi
- 43rd and 44th Street Community Garden: 1.0 mi
- Willard Garden: 1.0 mi
Parks
- Ayala Park: 0.3 mi
- Dover Street Edible Park: 0.3 mi
- Colby Park: 0.3 mi
- Hardy Park & Dog Park: 0.4 mi
- Greg Brown Mini-Park: 0.4 mi
Artworks
- HERETHERE: 0.4 mi
- Imagine: 0.6 mi
- PostMark Temescal: 0.7 mi
- South Berkeley SHINES!: 0.7 mi
- The Invisible Becomes Visible: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Historic Lorin District: 0.5 mi
- Firestorm Community Mural: 0.6 mi
- Aerostat Park: 0.9 mi
- William Byron Rumford: 1.0 mi
- April 2003: 1.1 mi
Museums
- Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles: 0.7 mi
- Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life: 1.7 mi
- Berkeley Historical Society: 1.7 mi
- Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive: 1.7 mi
- California Historical Radio Society Bay Area Radio Museum: 1.8 mi
Attractions
- Mountain View Cemetery Docent Tours: 1.4 mi
- Sather Tower: 1.8 mi
- The Crooked Man's House: 2.5 mi
- Fairy Music Farm: 2.5 mi
- The Chapel of Peace: 2.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Grinnell Natural Area: 1.7 mi
- Ecological Study Area: 2.5 mi
- Claremont Canyon: 2.9 mi
- Chaparral Hill: 3.2 mi
- Siesta Valley: 3.5 mi
Peaks
- Pill Hill: 1.7 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.0 mi
- Tightwad Hill: 2.0 mi
- Holy Hill: 2.1 mi
- Spiral Knob: 2.6 mi
Picnic sites
- Cinderella's Party Area: 2.5 mi
- Japanese Party Area: 2.5 mi
- Circus Party Area: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 2.7 mi
Beaches: 39
- Lake Temescal Beach: 1.8 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 3.2 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 3.5 mi
- Radio Beach: 3.5 mi
- Albany Beach: 4.1 mi
Springs: 25
- El Polín Spring: 11.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 11.1 mi
- El Polín Spring: 11.1 mi
- Old Spring: 14.6 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 15.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Abrigo Falls: 9.1 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 12.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 12.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.8 mi
- Kent Falls: 17.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Lynn: 3.5 mi
- Winehaven: 11.1 mi
- Eckley: 14.7 mi
- Russell City: 15.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- East Slope Badlands: 7.9 mi
- Chab: 10.8 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 11.4 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 12.1 mi
- Turtle Rock: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Quarters A: 6.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.0 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Stop: 18.6 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 21.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 15.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Bushrod Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock 2 | E 101° | 617 m | 11.3 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | NE 41° | 581 m | 3.5 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | E 95° | 557 m | 10.9 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NE 45° | 540 m | 3.1 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NNE 33° | 531 m | 3.0 mi |
| Round Top | E 86° | 531 m | 3.9 mi |
| Barberry Peak | ENE 60° | 513 m | 3.2 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | ENE 76° | 498 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel2,123 obs
- Monarch1,063 obs
- California poppy812 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco744 obs
- American Crow703 obs
- Western Honey Bee604 obs
- California Towhee601 obs
- Umber Skipper567 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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