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Great Stoneface Park

Great Stoneface Park from directly overhead

Great Stoneface Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east-southeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Urn, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

Great Stoneface Park is one of Berkeley’s rock parks in the Northbrae area, providing great views and challenges for rock climbing beginners.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.89675, -122.27824

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Urn: 0.0 mi
  • Urn: 0.1 mi
  • Urn: 0.1 mi
  • Urn: 0.2 mi
  • Poetry Wall: 0.2 mi
Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Meadows: 1.1 mi
  • Indian Camp: 1.1 mi
  • Stream: 1.1 mi
  • Lone Oak: 1.1 mi
  • Fern: 1.1 mi
Attractions
Museums
Peaks
Beaches: 35
Springs: 24
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 9
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Rest Stop: 15.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 19.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Great Stoneface Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakESE 107°581 m3.2 mi
Chaparral PeakESE 113°540 m3.3 mi
Grizzly PeakESE 113°531 m2.6 mi
Round TopSE 125°531 m5.7 mi
Barberry PeakESE 118°513 m4.1 mi
Volcanic PeakESE 121°498 m5.1 mi
Eureka PeakESE 109°495 m3.8 mi
Redwood PeakSE 134°493 m7.8 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 °F515355576063646465635651
Precip in4.85.13.81.80.80.30.00.10.11.22.75.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, 2 mi away.

  • Monarch1,789 obs
  • Western Honey Bee818 obs
  • Wild Turkey715 obs
  • Anise Swallowtail673 obs
  • Mule Deer638 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel609 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco576 obs
  • California Slender Salamander531 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/255316879

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