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Longfellow Park

Longfellow Park from directly overhead

Longfellow Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 8.2 miles off. The nearest named place is First Transcontinental Railroad, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
5 m

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates37.77488, -122.28114

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • REAP Center: 0.9 mi
  • Alameda Point Community Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Chinese Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Oakland Museum of California Gardens: 1.9 mi
  • People's Victory Garden: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Calimar: 1.0 mi
  • Beken: 1.1 mi
  • Pan American Airways China Clipper: 1.1 mi
  • Jack London Wolf: 1.4 mi
  • Hello Jack Mural: 1.4 mi
Attractions
  • S-3 Viking: 1.1 mi
  • F-14 Tomcat: 1.2 mi
  • F-4 Phantom: 1.2 mi
  • Friday Nights @ OMCA with Off the Grid: 1.9 mi
  • Thornton House: 2.2 mi
Peaks
  • Shellmound: 3.0 mi
  • High Street Center: 3.1 mi
  • Pill Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Pine Top: 5.7 mi
  • Rincon Hill: 6.1 mi
Beaches: 54
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 13
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 6
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 14.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of Longfellow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakNNE 23°581 m8.2 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 24°540 m7.8 mi
Round TopNE 43°531 m7.1 mi
Grizzly PeakNNE 19°531 m7.8 mi
Barberry PeakNNE 30°513 m7.5 mi
Volcanic PeakNE 38°498 m7.4 mi
Eureka PeakNNE 27°495 m8.1 mi
Redwood PeakENE 62°493 m6.4 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, 2 mi away.

  • Black-crowned Night Heron1,739 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel621 obs
  • Mallard599 obs
  • Snowy Egret517 obs
  • Canada Goose431 obs
  • American Crow376 obs
  • Western Gull304 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle286 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/43985492

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