Park · California
Golden Gate Park
Golden Gate Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 70 m. Wooded Knoll stands 465 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Tune In, a artwork 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1870
- Elevation
- 70 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.76852, -122.48075
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Tune In: 0.2 mi
- Naga: 0.3 mi
- Rooted (In)Justice: 0.3 mi
- Street Whale: 0.5 mi
- Thank You Teachers: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Sweeny Observatory Ruins: 0.3 mi
- Earthquake Refugee Cottage. San Francisco Landmark No. 171: 0.3 mi
- Earthquake Refugee Cottage. San Francisco Landmark No. 171: 0.3 mi
- Pioneer Log Cabin: 0.3 mi
- Pioneer Mother Monument: 0.4 mi
Peaks
- Strawberry Hill: 0.3 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 0.6 mi
- Grand View Hill: 1.0 mi
- Larsen Peak: 1.4 mi
- Mount Sutro: 1.5 mi
Gardens
- Children's Garden: 0.4 mi
- Nursery Center for Sustainable Gardening: 0.4 mi
- Southeast Asian Cloud Forest: 0.5 mi
- Succulent Garden: 0.5 mi
- Zellenbach Garden of Perennials: 0.5 mi
Attractions
- Chinese Pavillion: 0.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
- San Francisco Botanical Garden: 0.6 mi
- Japanese Tea Garden: 0.6 mi
- Spreckels Temple of Music: 0.7 mi
Parks
- Fulton Playground: 0.5 mi
- Argonne Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Music Concourse: 0.7 mi
- 15th Avenue Steps: 0.8 mi
- Argonne Playground: 0.8 mi
Museums
- California Academy of Sciences: 0.8 mi
- Legion of Honor: 1.6 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 1.9 mi
- Gadar Memorial: 2.0 mi
- San Francisco Fire Department Pioneer Museum: 2.2 mi
Picnic sites
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 2.7 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Fort Funston: 3.5 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.4 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.9 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.4 mi
- Aramburu Island: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 58
- Mile Rock Beach: 1.9 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.3 mi
- East Beach: 3.0 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 4.1 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 4.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Rainbow Falls: 0.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 0.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.9 mi
- Kent Falls: 9.6 mi
- Dawn Falls: 12.6 mi
Springs: 11
- El Polín Spring: 2.2 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.2 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.3 mi
- Old Spring: 6.4 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 11.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Yellow Bluff: 4.7 mi
- Vent 5: 10.6 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.7 mi
- Rock Fort: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Winehaven: 13.1 mi
- Lynn: 13.7 mi
- Russell City: 20.6 mi
- Stokes Landing: 21.9 mi
- Eckley: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 4.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.0 mi
- Quarters A: 7.0 mi
Natural arches: 3
- Bird Island Arch: 4.9 mi
- Temple: 22.9 mi
- Keyhole: 23.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Golden Gate Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wooded Knoll | NW 320° | 465 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NW 324° | 413 m | 11.1 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 156° | 371 m | 6.1 mi |
| Richardson East | N 350° | 338.6 m | 5.8 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 339° | 317.297 m | 6.4 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SE 144° | 283 m | 2.6 mi |
| Slacker Hill | N 354° | 282 m | 4.6 mi |
| Hawk Hill | NNW 347° | 281 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 3 mi away.
- Anna's Hummingbird2,428 obs
- Mallard2,294 obs
- Great Blue Heron2,268 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1,946 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco1,612 obs
- Steller's Jay1,509 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk1,490 obs
- Coyote1,416 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.
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