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Lake Merced Park

Lake Merced Park from directly overhead

Lake Merced Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Harding Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

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Coordinates37.72181, -122.49307
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Harding Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lake Merced Sports Center: 0.4 mi
  • Fairy Circle: 0.8 mi
  • Secret Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Robert Pender Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Juan Bautista De Anza: 0.5 mi
  • Carlos III: 0.5 mi
  • Battery Davis: 0.6 mi
  • Nike Missile SF-59 Site: 0.7 mi
  • Garden of Remembrance: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 0.5 mi
  • San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 8.1 mi
  • Pedro Point Headlands: 9.4 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 9.6 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 11.2 mi
Artworks
  • Waterfall Column: 0.6 mi
  • Couple's Statue: 0.7 mi
  • Penguin’s Prayer: 0.7 mi
  • Tiger sculpture: 0.8 mi
  • Hall of fame photo collage: 0.8 mi
Gardens
  • Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Habitat Gardens: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Hippo: 0.8 mi
  • Black Rhino: 0.8 mi
  • Eagle Island: 0.8 mi
  • Grizzly Gulch: 0.8 mi
  • Chacoan Peccary: 0.8 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.3 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 6.0 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
Peaks
  • Forest Hill: 2.3 mi
  • City College Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Edgehill Heights: 2.3 mi
  • Larsen Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Davidson: 2.5 mi
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 2
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.5 mi
  • Temple: 24.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Lake Merced Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montara Mountain North PeakS 176°570 m11.1 mi
Peak MountainS 178°545 m11.1 mi
South PeakS 176°545 m11.5 mi
Montara KnobS 178°487 m11.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSE 127°371 m3.9 mi
Richardson EastN 358°338.6 m8.9 mi
San Pedro MountainS 184°325 m10.3 mi
Peak 1041N 350°317.297 m9.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5918:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525454555557586060605753
Precip in3.94.03.01.40.60.20.00.10.10.92.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • White-crowned Sparrow485 obs
  • Eccentric Sand Dollar426 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle418 obs
  • Western Gull412 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk412 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup392 obs
  • California poppy389 obs
  • Mallard373 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/404847043

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