Independent Park
Independent Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 99 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north-northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Earl Warren Park, a park 0.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 99 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Earl Warren Park: 0.3 mi
- Don Castro Regional Recreation Area: 0.4 mi
- Bay Trees Community Park: 0.4 mi
- Lakeridge Park: 0.9 mi
- Sage Pocket Park: 1.1 mi
- Peace Sign: 1.0 mi
- Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 2.0 mi
- Rowell Ranch: 3.9 mi
- Memorial to the Chinese Laborers: 4.8 mi
- Mape Memorial Park: 6.2 mi
- Castro Valley High Scool Garden: 1.5 mi
- Kellicutt Garden: 5.8 mi
- Reading Garden (Roos): 5.8 mi
- Iris Garden: 6.5 mi
- John Haley Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Discovery Center: 1.6 mi
- Hayward Area Historical Society: 2.2 mi
- C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology: 3.0 mi
- McConaghy House: 4.2 mi
- Dunsmuir House: 5.8 mi
- Picnic Area 2: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Area 1: 2.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 6.2 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 6.2 mi
- Group picnic zone: 7.5 mi
- Maderia Hill: 2.2 mi
- Vista Peak: 3.9 mi
- Garin Peak: 4.0 mi
- Wiedemann Hill: 4.2 mi
- Donlan Point: 4.6 mi
- Dublin Hills Regional Park: 4.7 mi
- Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space Preserve: 5.7 mi
- Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park: 5.9 mi
- Land Bank: 7.1 mi
- Land Bank: 7.1 mi
- Dunsmuir House and Gardens: 5.8 mi
- Mountain Lion: 6.0 mi
- Black Bear: 6.1 mi
- Jaguar: 6.1 mi
- Grizzly Bear: 6.1 mi
- The Junction: 6.2 mi
- Truth Is Beauty: 6.2 mi
- Folded Circle: 6.6 mi
- Conversation: 7.5 mi
- Rising Wave: 7.9 mi
- Eugene Spring: 5.2 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 12.6 mi
- Sheepherder Spring: 13.1 mi
- Mineral Spring: 13.4 mi
- Maple Spring: 13.5 mi
- Niles beach: 8.6 mi
- Sandy Beach: 9.6 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 11.6 mi
- Encinal beach: 14.0 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 14.3 mi
- Russell City: 5.4 mi
- Stokes Landing: 8.8 mi
- Lynn: 12.2 mi
- Drawbridge: 16.6 mi
- Acelanus: 18.7 mi
- Chab: 4.8 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 6.8 mi
- Turtle Rock: 13.1 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 16.3 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 17.7 mi
- Tehan Falls: 6.3 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 18.1 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 19.9 mi
- Murietta Falls: 21.6 mi
- Huntington Falls: 23.6 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 18.6 mi
- Quarters A: 18.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Independent Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | NNE 30° | 1,173 m | 14.8 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | NNE 31° | 1,110 m | 14.9 mi |
| North Peak | NNE 31° | 1,084 m | 15.9 mi |
| Ransom Point | NNE 30° | 1,037 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Olympia | NNE 30° | 898 m | 16.3 mi |
| Mission Peak | SE 144° | 761 m | 15.8 mi |
| Eagle Peak | NNE 24° | 722 m | 15.4 mi |
| Sunol Peak | SE 127° | 664 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 67 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 5 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard73 obs
- Mule Deer69 obs
- coast live oak51 obs
- California Slender Salamander50 obs
- Common Sharp-tailed Snake47 obs
- California Scrub-Jay47 obs
- Wild Turkey46 obs
- Southern Alligator Lizard44 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 node/358817787
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