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Central Reservoir Recreation Area

Central Reservoir Recreation Area from directly overhead

Central Reservoir Recreation Area is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 63 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is William D Wood Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.79632, -122.22221

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Laurel Art Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Parkway Cascade Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Fig Leaf Gardens: 1.7 mi
  • Palmetum: 2.0 mi
  • Golden State Bonsai Garden: 2.1 mi
Artworks
  • Marin Way Murals: 1.2 mi
  • Beautiful Coffee To The People: 1.3 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 1.4 mi
  • Decolonize Mural: 1.4 mi
  • Bear Sculpture: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Fire Circle: 2.0 mi
  • Circus Party Area: 2.2 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 2.3 mi
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 2.3 mi
  • Palo Seco Wedding Site: 2.3 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Gondola Servizio: 2.2 mi
  • Rapunzel's Castle: 2.2 mi
  • Hey, Diddle Diddle: 2.2 mi
  • Peter Rabbit's Village: 2.2 mi
  • Pinocchio's Castle: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • High Street Center: 2.3 mi
  • Shellmound: 2.6 mi
  • Pine Top: 2.7 mi
  • Pill Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 2.9 mi
Beaches: 43
Springs: 26
Ghost towns: 11
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 17.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Central Reservoir Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E 82°617 m8.9 mi
Vollmer PeakN 0°581 m6.0 mi
Las Trampas PeakENE 73°557 m9.0 mi
Vail PeakENE 78°545 m9.5 mi
Chaparral PeakN 360°540 m5.7 mi
Round TopNNE 23°531 m4.1 mi
Grizzly PeakN 354°531 m6.0 mi
Eagle PeakENE 77°524 m9.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535557596163646566645852
Precip in4.44.33.21.40.70.20.00.10.11.12.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 2 mi away.

  • Black-crowned Night Heron479 obs
  • Monarch426 obs
  • American White Pelican370 obs
  • Snowy Egret337 obs
  • Brown Pelican278 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup237 obs
  • American Coot199 obs
  • Western Honey Bee187 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/43985871

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