Heron's Head Park
Heron's Head Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 2 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the southwest, 4.9 miles off. The nearest named place is India Basin Open Space, a park 0.4 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- India Basin Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Hunters Point Community Youth Park: 0.5 mi
- Pier 94 Wetlands: 0.6 mi
- Youngblood-Coleman Playground: 0.6 mi
- Shoreview Park: 0.6 mi
- The Box Shop Mural Project: 0.4 mi
- Flights of Fancy: 0.5 mi
- Hilltop Park Sundial: 0.7 mi
- Nautical Swing: 0.8 mi
- Promissory Notes: 0.8 mi
- Northridge Coop CommUNITY Garden: 0.5 mi
- Adam Rodgers Park Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Quesada Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Bridgeview Garden: 1.2 mi
- Latona Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Stony Hill: 0.7 mi
- Potrero Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bay View Hill: 1.9 mi
- Bernal Hill: 2.4 mi
- Visitacion Knob: 3.0 mi
- Museum of Craft and Design: 1.5 mi
- Letterform Archive: 1.7 mi
- Misalignment Museum: 2.2 mi
- CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts: 2.5 mi
- Southern Exposure: 2.6 mi
- Bradford Street: 2.0 mi
- Hidden Bridge: 2.6 mi
- Hidden Bridge: 2.6 mi
- Hidden Bridge: 2.6 mi
- The Lilac Mural Project: 2.6 mi
- Alex Nieto Memorial: 2.3 mi
- 150 Years of Service on the Oldest Railroad in the West With Continuous Passenger Service: 2.9 mi
- The Garcia & Maggini Warehouse: 3.0 mi
- Whaling Out of San Francisco: 3.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial Highway: 3.1 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 5.5 mi
- Fort Funston: 7.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 8.8 mi
- San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 9.5 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 10.9 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 1.9 mi
- Encinal beach: 5.0 mi
- East Beach: 6.4 mi
- Radio Beach: 6.5 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 6.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 5.9 mi
- Old Spring: 11.7 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 16.7 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 2.6 mi
- Huntington Falls: 5.9 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 6.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 15.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 17.3 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 8.7 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.5 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 12.3 mi
- Chab: 13.4 mi
- Vent 5: 16.5 mi
- Lynn: 8.8 mi
- Russell City: 14.3 mi
- Winehaven: 14.9 mi
- Stokes Landing: 15.9 mi
- Purissima: 23.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 4.8 mi
- Quarters A: 4.9 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 10.1 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 10.7 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 17.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Heron's Head Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SW 224° | 371 m | 4.9 mi |
| Richardson East | NW 319° | 338.6 m | 10.4 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NW 315° | 317.297 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Davidson | W 270° | 283 m | 4.4 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NW 316° | 282 m | 9.3 mi |
| Hawk Hill | NW 312° | 281 m | 9.3 mi |
| Mount Sutro | WNW 287° | 278 m | 4.8 mi |
| Noe Peak | WNW 283° | 274 m | 4.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Willet342 obs
- American Avocet327 obs
- Snowy Egret318 obs
- Black Oystercatcher292 obs
- Hudsonian Whimbrel280 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow271 obs
- Least Sandpiper269 obs
- California poppy247 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/28671926
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