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Jefferson Square Playground

Jefferson Square Playground from directly overhead

Jefferson Square Playground is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Roots Run Deep Mural, a artwork 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
8 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.80077, -122.27866

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Roots Run Deep Mural: 0.2 mi
  • I-880 Broadway Underpass Guardrail Sculpture: 0.3 mi
  • Zero Hunger: 0.3 mi
  • Visit Oakland Selfie Wall: 0.3 mi
  • (untitled): 0.4 mi
Parks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Judge Donald P. McCullum: 0.3 mi
  • Jack London: 0.4 mi
  • Pony Express Ferry "Oakland": 0.4 mi
  • Oak Center Historic District: 0.5 mi
  • Frank H. Ogawa: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Chinese Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Oakland Museum of California Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Afrikatown Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Kaiser Rooftop Garden: 1.0 mi
  • REAP Center: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 1.1 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 1.2 mi
  • Circus Party Area: 1.2 mi
  • Neptune: 2.2 mi
  • Croll's Garden: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • Pill Hill: 1.6 mi
  • High Street Center: 3.8 mi
  • Shellmound: 3.9 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Tightwad Hill: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 52
Springs: 24
Waterfalls: 14
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 8
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 14.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Jefferson Square Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakNNE 28°581 m6.5 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 30°540 m6.2 mi
Round TopNE 54°531 m5.8 mi
Grizzly PeakNNE 24°531 m6.1 mi
Barberry PeakNE 37°513 m5.9 mi
Volcanic PeakNE 47°498 m5.9 mi
Eureka PeakNNE 34°495 m6.5 mi
Redwood PeakENE 78°493 m5.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F535557596163646566645852
Precip in4.44.33.21.40.70.20.00.10.11.12.44.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, under a mile away.

  • Black-crowned Night Heron10,564 obs
  • Snowy Egret2,748 obs
  • Mallard1,214 obs
  • American White Pelican1,086 obs
  • American Coot933 obs
  • Canada Goose915 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant847 obs
  • Great Egret774 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/25172948

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