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Franklin Park

Franklin Park from directly overhead

Franklin Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Rittler Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
9 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.76850, -122.26165

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
Museums
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Wave Oculus: 1.2 mi
  • Sigame/Follow Me: 1.2 mi
  • Decolonize Mural: 1.6 mi
  • White Elephant Mural: 1.6 mi
  • Marin Way Murals: 1.7 mi
Attractions
  • Alameda Spite House: 1.3 mi
  • Christmas Tree Lane: 2.0 mi
  • Friday Nights @ OMCA with Off the Grid: 2.1 mi
  • S-3 Viking: 2.2 mi
  • F-14 Tomcat: 2.2 mi
Gardens
Peaks
  • Shellmound: 1.8 mi
  • High Street Center: 2.0 mi
  • Pill Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Pine Top: 4.7 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 54
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 7
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 21.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Franklin Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakNNE 15°581 m8.2 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 16°540 m7.9 mi
Round TopNNE 34°531 m6.8 mi
Grizzly PeakN 11°531 m8.0 mi
Barberry PeakNNE 21°513 m7.4 mi
Volcanic PeakNNE 29°498 m7.1 mi
Eureka PeakNNE 19°495 m8.1 mi
Redwood PeakNE 54°493 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
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.

  • California Ground Squirrel703 obs
  • Snowy Egret630 obs
  • Mallard621 obs
  • Canada Goose440 obs
  • American Crow413 obs
  • Willet383 obs
  • Long-billed Curlew361 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant341 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/43985711

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