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Coyote Point Recreation Area

Coyote Point Recreation Area from directly overhead

Coyote Point Recreation Area is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. Morena Sierra stands 731 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is U.S. Merchant-marine cadet corps, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
County of San Mateo Parks Department

How to reach it

Coordinates37.58829, -122.32175

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Beaches: 60
Parks
  • Harbor View Park: 0.6 mi
  • Fishing Park: 0.7 mi
  • Victoria Park: 0.7 mi
  • Woodlake Area: 0.8 mi
  • Martin Luther King Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
Picnic sites
Waterfalls: 10
Springs: 9
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Coyote Point Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morena SierraS 177°731 m12.3 mi
Allen LookoutS 174°708 m14.0 mi
Skeggs PointS 176°703 m12.3 mi
Kings MountainS 181°637 m10.2 mi
Bald KnobS 189°637 m11.5 mi
Teague HillS 174°612 m11.7 mi
Scarper PeakSW 235°592.5 m7.1 mi
Montara Mountain North PeakWSW 258°570 m8.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456576063646565635651
Precip in3.94.02.71.40.50.10.00.00.10.82.04.1

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

  • Willet578 obs
  • Snowy Egret556 obs
  • Black-bellied Plover508 obs
  • Mallard354 obs
  • Bufflehead340 obs
  • Least Sandpiper315 obs
  • American Coot314 obs
  • Forster's Tern303 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/450179501

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