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China Basin Park

China Basin Park from directly overhead

China Basin Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Willie McCovey Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.77611, -122.38847

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Mission Creek Park: 0.2 mi
  • South Beach Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mission Bay Kids Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mission Bay Commons: 0.4 mi
  • Parklab: 0.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
Gardens
  • Learning Garden: 0.8 mi
  • F.A.R.M.: 0.9 mi
  • Sister City Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • East Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Community Garden: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 4.2 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
  • Neptune: 6.1 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 6.1 mi
  • Fort Funston: 7.3 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 8.4 mi
  • Tern Nesting: 8.7 mi
Beaches: 56
Springs: 20
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 8.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of China Basin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSW 203°371 m6.6 mi
Richardson EastNW 311°338.6 m7.9 mi
Peak 1041NW 307°317.297 m9.1 mi
Mount DavidsonSW 234°283 m4.4 mi
Slacker HillNW 306°282 m6.9 mi
Hawk HillWNW 301°281 m7.0 mi
Mount SutroWSW 252°278 m4.0 mi
Noe PeakWSW 242°274 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:36
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525456565860606263625753
Precip in4.44.43.21.60.70.20.00.10.10.92.64.8

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

  • Rock Pigeon812 obs
  • Western Gull764 obs
  • House Sparrow329 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk317 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird281 obs
  • European Starling251 obs
  • Brewer's Blackbird247 obs
  • American Robin234 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/27656676

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