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Joaquin Miller Park

Joaquin Miller Park from directly overhead

Joaquin Miller Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 424 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is The Browning Monument, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
424 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.81260, -122.18854
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • The Browning Monument: 0.0 mi
  • Pyramid to Moses: 0.1 mi
  • Fremont Monument: 0.1 mi
  • The Funeral Pyre: 0.2 mi
  • Joaquin Miller: 0.3 mi
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Solar Clock: 0.6 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 1.6 mi
  • Phase One Journey: 1.6 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 1.7 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 1.8 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Redwood Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Pine Top: 2.2 mi
  • Round Top: 2.6 mi
  • Volcanic Peak: 3.2 mi
  • High Street Center: 4.0 mi
Parks
Gardens
  • Fig Leaf Gardens: 1.3 mi
  • Laurel Art Garden: 1.6 mi
  • William Joseph McInnes Botanic Garden and Arboretum: 2.2 mi
  • Linda Kingston Triangle: 3.4 mi
  • Parkway Cascade Garden: 3.4 mi
Attractions
  • Mazzariello Labyrinth: 2.8 mi
  • Mountain View Cemetery Docent Tours: 3.3 mi
  • Hey, Diddle Diddle: 3.9 mi
  • Rapunzel's Castle: 3.9 mi
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb: 3.9 mi
Beaches: 36
Springs: 25
  • Sulfur Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Soto Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 13.6 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 13.7 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 7
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 19.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Joaquin Miller Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E 89°617 m7.0 mi
Vollmer PeakNNW 340°581 m5.2 mi
Wiedemann HillESE 116°565 m11.8 mi
Las Trampas PeakENE 78°557 m6.9 mi
Vail PeakE 83°545 m7.5 mi
Chaparral PeakNNW 337°540 m4.9 mi
Round TopN 355°531 m2.6 mi
Grizzly PeakNNW 333°531 m5.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2116:1316:54

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • coast redwood702 obs
  • California Slender Salamander597 obs
  • California bay541 obs
  • Button's Banana Slug519 obs
  • Convergent Lady Beetle509 obs
  • Fly Agaric502 obs
  • Pacific trillium490 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower472 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/27187346

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