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Lewelling Playground

Lewelling Playground from directly overhead

Lewelling Playground is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Sunol Peak stands 664 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Washington Manor Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.68660, -122.14302
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Artworks
  • Truth Is Beauty: 2.6 mi
  • Rising Wave: 3.1 mi
  • Watermelon Rock: 4.8 mi
  • Duplex Cone: 5.3 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 7.5 mi
Peaks
  • Maderia Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Vista Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Garin Peak: 6.7 mi
  • Pine Top: 6.8 mi
  • Shellmound: 6.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Memorial to the Chinese Laborers: 3.3 mi
  • Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 3.5 mi
  • City of San Leandro Monument: 3.5 mi
  • Peace Sign: 4.2 mi
  • Holding Tomorrow's Heart: 4.5 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Dunsmuir House and Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • Muntjac: 4.3 mi
  • Sika Deer: 4.3 mi
  • Wallaroo: 4.3 mi
  • Sun Bear: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Birthday Party Area: 4.3 mi
  • Bufflehead: 5.2 mi
  • Tern: 5.2 mi
  • Egret: 5.2 mi
  • Rail: 5.3 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 51
Springs: 22
  • Eugene Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 16.1 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 16.5 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
  • Chab: 3.2 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 9.1 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 16.5 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 19.2 mi
  • Aramai Point: 20.3 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 23.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Lewelling Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunol PeakESE 111°664 m12.9 mi
Rock 2NNE 27°617 m9.9 mi
Vollmer PeakNNW 342°581 m14.3 mi
Wiedemann HillENE 66°565 m8.9 mi
Las Trampas PeakNNE 23°557 m11.0 mi
Vail PeakNNE 27°545 m10.8 mi
Chaparral PeakNNW 342°540 m13.9 mi
Round TopNNW 347°531 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4819:5520:34
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 °F515456586165666767645651
Precip in2.93.12.41.20.60.20.00.10.10.81.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel95 obs
  • Mallard92 obs
  • American Crow67 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt62 obs
  • Snowy Egret59 obs
  • Western Honey Bee58 obs
  • Canada Goose53 obs
  • American Avocet51 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 node/358819473

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