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Columbian Gardens

Columbian Gardens from directly overhead

Columbian Gardens is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the northeast, 9.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Brookfield Village Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

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Coordinates37.73025, -122.18976
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Watermelon Rock: 1.1 mi
  • Duplex Cone: 1.4 mi
  • Truth Is Beauty: 1.7 mi
  • Rising Wave: 1.8 mi
  • White Elephant Mural: 3.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • San Francisco Air Tours: 1.3 mi
  • Emu: 2.6 mi
  • Bat Exhibit: 2.6 mi
  • Wallaroo: 2.6 mi
  • Lemurs: 2.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Bufflehead: 1.3 mi
  • Tern: 1.3 mi
  • Egret: 1.3 mi
  • Rail: 1.5 mi
  • Blue Heron: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
  • Shellmound: 3.0 mi
  • High Street Center: 3.1 mi
  • Pine Top: 3.6 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Maderia Hill: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 53
Springs: 22
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 7
Waterfalls: 7
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 20.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Columbian Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2NE 50°617 m9.1 mi
Vollmer PeakN 351°581 m10.7 mi
Wiedemann HillE 87°565 m10.7 mi
Las Trampas PeakNE 44°557 m9.9 mi
Vail PeakNE 49°545 m10.0 mi
Chaparral PeakN 350°540 m10.4 mi
Round TopN 359°531 m8.3 mi
Grizzly PeakNNW 347°531 m10.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4819:5520:35
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2116:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505355576063646565615550
Precip in3.43.52.71.40.60.20.00.00.10.92.03.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Intl AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Willet491 obs
  • Ridgway's Rail415 obs
  • Common Goldeneye328 obs
  • Snowy Egret264 obs
  • Greater Scaup259 obs
  • Blue-winged Teal232 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow230 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt228 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/107254929

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