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Hellman Recreation Center

Hellman Recreation Center from directly overhead

Hellman Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 119 m. Sunol Peak stands 664 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunsmuir House, a museum 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
119 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.74598, -122.14201
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Attractions
  • Dunsmuir House and Gardens: 0.2 mi
  • Muntjac: 0.3 mi
  • Sika Deer: 0.3 mi
  • Tiger Trek: 0.3 mi
  • Flamingo: 0.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Birthday Party Area: 0.3 mi
  • Tern: 3.7 mi
  • Bufflehead: 3.7 mi
  • Egret: 3.8 mi
  • Rail: 4.0 mi
Historic sites
  • Holding Tomorrow's Heart: 0.4 mi
  • Memorial to the Chinese Laborers: 1.2 mi
  • City of San Leandro Monument: 1.4 mi
  • Water tank: 4.5 mi
  • Blossom Rock Trees: 4.8 mi
Parks
  • Knowland Park: 0.6 mi
  • Roosevelt Field and Playgrounds: 0.8 mi
  • Farrelly Swimming Pool: 0.8 mi
  • Sheffield Village Park: 0.9 mi
  • Victoria Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • Truth Is Beauty: 2.0 mi
  • Duplex Cone: 3.8 mi
  • Watermelon Rock: 3.9 mi
  • Rising Wave: 4.1 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 4.1 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 41
Springs: 23
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Hellman Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunol PeakSE 126°664 m14.8 mi
Rock 2NE 43°617 m6.5 mi
Vollmer PeakNNW 335°581 m10.5 mi
Knobcone PointENE 63°568 m14.8 mi
Wiedemann HillE 94°565 m8.1 mi
Las Trampas PeakNE 35°557 m7.4 mi
Vail PeakNE 42°545 m7.3 mi
Chaparral PeakNNW 334°540 m10.2 mi
Conditions

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: Feb–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505355576063646565615550
Precip in3.43.52.71.40.60.20.00.00.10.92.03.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Intl AP, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard175 obs
  • White Globe Lily170 obs
  • springtime amanita135 obs
  • California Slender Salamander133 obs
  • Monarch121 obs
  • Wild Turkey112 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower110 obs
  • Pacific poison oak108 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/415116941

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