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Halcyon Park

Halcyon Park from directly overhead

Halcyon Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Sunol Peak stands 664 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Heath Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.70674, -122.13806

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Truth Is Beauty: 1.6 mi
  • Rising Wave: 3.2 mi
  • Watermelon Rock: 4.3 mi
  • Duplex Cone: 4.6 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 6.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Memorial to the Chinese Laborers: 1.9 mi
  • City of San Leandro Monument: 2.4 mi
  • Holding Tomorrow's Heart: 3.1 mi
  • Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 3.7 mi
  • Peace Sign: 4.1 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Dunsmuir House and Gardens: 2.5 mi
  • Muntjac: 2.9 mi
  • Sika Deer: 2.9 mi
  • Sun Bear: 2.9 mi
  • Wallaroo: 2.9 mi
Museums
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Birthday Party Area: 2.9 mi
  • Tern: 4.6 mi
  • Bufflehead: 4.6 mi
  • Egret: 4.6 mi
  • Rail: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 49
Springs: 22
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 23.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Halcyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunol PeakESE 117°664 m13.2 mi
Rock 2NNE 29°617 m8.6 mi
Vollmer PeakNNW 339°581 m13.0 mi
Wiedemann HillENE 74°565 m8.1 mi
Las Trampas PeakNNE 25°557 m9.6 mi
Vail PeakNNE 30°545 m9.4 mi
Chaparral PeakNNW 339°540 m12.7 mi
Round TopNNW 343°531 m10.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4819:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2116:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456586165666767645651
Precip in2.93.12.41.20.60.20.00.10.10.81.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel80 obs
  • Red Valerian70 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard64 obs
  • Western Honey Bee59 obs
  • western blue-eyed grass45 obs
  • Lawn daisy44 obs
  • Pacific poison oak40 obs
  • American Crow39 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/43985766

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