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Larsen Park

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Larsen Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 87 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove, a park 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
87 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.73967, -122.47595

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 4.5 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • Gregangelo Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Fake Seagull: 0.6 mi
  • Grizzly Gulch: 1.3 mi
  • Eagle Island: 1.4 mi
  • Chacoan Peccary: 1.4 mi
Artworks
  • Speedway Express Local Mural: 0.7 mi
  • Zen Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Hall of fame photo collage: 1.1 mi
  • Waterfall Column: 1.2 mi
  • Couple's Statue: 1.2 mi
Peaks
  • Forest Hill: 0.8 mi
  • Larsen Peak: 0.8 mi
  • Edgehill Heights: 0.9 mi
  • Grand View Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Mount Davidson: 1.2 mi
Gardens
  • Habitat Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Habitat Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Habitat Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Habitat Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Habitat Gardens: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 6.7 mi
  • Temple: 24.5 mi
  • Keyhole: 25.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Larsen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montara Mountain North PeakS 180°570 m12.3 mi
Peak MountainS 182°545 m12.3 mi
South PeakS 181°545 m12.7 mi
Montara KnobS 182°487 m12.6 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSE 149°371 m4.2 mi
Richardson EastN 351°338.6 m7.8 mi
San Pedro MountainS 188°325 m11.6 mi
Peak 1041NNW 342°317.297 m8.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
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, 2 mi away.

  • California poppy887 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow679 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup648 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk640 obs
  • garden nasturtium539 obs
  • Western Honey Bee484 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird480 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco460 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/402978882

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