Grotto Rock Park
Grotto Rock Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 167 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east-southeast, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Mortar Rock Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
Grotto Rock Park is one of Berkeley’s rock parks in the Northbrae area, providing great views and challenges for early-level rock climbing.
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mortar Rock Park: 0.2 mi
- John Hinkel Park: 0.2 mi
- Cragmont Park: 0.3 mi
- Frederick Park: 0.4 mi
- Contra Costa Rock Park: 0.4 mi
- Urn: 0.4 mi
- Poetry Wall: 0.4 mi
- Urn: 0.5 mi
- Urn: 0.6 mi
- Urn: 0.6 mi
- Zaytuna College Permaculture Garden: 0.6 mi
- Berkeley Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
- Edible Schoolyard: 0.9 mi
- Berkeley Student Organic Garden: 1.2 mi
- Redwood Section: 1.3 mi
- Picnic area #3: 0.6 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 0.7 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 0.7 mi
- Acacia: 0.8 mi
- Fern: 0.8 mi
- Finnish-American Tercentenary: 0.6 mi
- Site of Napoleon Bonaparte Byrne House: 0.6 mi
- Rose Walk: 0.8 mi
- Site of José Domingo Peralta Adobe: 1.1 mi
- North Gate: 1.4 mi
- Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round: 0.9 mi
- Little Farm: 1.2 mi
- Sather Tower: 1.6 mi
- Rotary Peace Grove: 1.8 mi
- Metallica Mansion: 2.1 mi
- Aftel Archive of Curious Scents: 1.0 mi
- Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology: 1.2 mi
- Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive: 1.6 mi
- Lawrence Hall of Science: 1.6 mi
- Berkeley Historical Society: 1.6 mi
- Holy Hill: 1.2 mi
- Observatory Hill: 1.4 mi
- Tightwad Hill: 1.7 mi
- Wildcat Peak: 1.8 mi
- Albany Hill: 2.0 mi
- Grinnell Natural Area: 1.6 mi
- Ecological Study Area: 2.1 mi
- Chaparral Hill: 2.7 mi
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline: 3.0 mi
- Claremont Canyon: 3.1 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 1.0 mi
- Albany Beach: 2.6 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 3.8 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 5.4 mi
- Radio Beach: 5.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.2 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.3 mi
- Old Spring: 14.6 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 15.1 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 7.2 mi
- Huntington Falls: 14.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 14.2 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 14.4 mi
- Dawn Falls: 16.3 mi
- Lynn: 6.7 mi
- Winehaven: 9.0 mi
- Eckley: 11.7 mi
- Russell City: 18.2 mi
- Ambrose: 19.9 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 6.2 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 11.8 mi
- Chab: 13.5 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 13.6 mi
- Rock Fort: 17.2 mi
- Quarters A: 7.8 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 15.2 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 15.4 mi
- Rest Stop: 15.8 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Grotto Rock Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | ESE 105° | 581 m | 2.6 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | ESE 110° | 557 m | 11.9 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | ESE 113° | 540 m | 2.7 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | ESE 112° | 531 m | 2.1 mi |
| Round Top | SE 126° | 531 m | 5.1 mi |
| Barberry Peak | ESE 119° | 513 m | 3.5 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | ESE 122° | 498 m | 4.5 mi |
| Eureka Peak | ESE 108° | 495 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, 1 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel2,419 obs
- Monarch1,631 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco1,130 obs
- Wild Turkey1,004 obs
- Western Honey Bee954 obs
- Mule Deer806 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail790 obs
- red-cage fungus747 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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