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McKinley Park

McKinley Park from directly overhead

McKinley Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 122 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Kottinger Village Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
122 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.65905, -121.86603
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • J.W. Kottinger's Barn: 0.5 mi
  • Camp Parks: 3.5 mi
  • Toliver Airship: 3.6 mi
  • Gold Creek: 4.0 mi
  • Dublin Civic Center: 4.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
  • Elatus: 3.5 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 3.6 mi
  • Don Biddle Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Conversation: 4.1 mi
  • Mayor Bosco: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 4.0 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 4.1 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.9 mi
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 6.4 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Nature reserves
Springs: 18
  • Eugene Spring: 7.1 mi
  • McClure Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 11.0 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Beaches: 7
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 1.5 mi
  • Niles beach: 9.4 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 11.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 20.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 7.2 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.1 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 13.9 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 15.0 mi
  • Chab: 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of McKinley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloN 350°1,173 m15.6 mi
Black MountainSSE 149°1,169 m17.8 mi
Rose PeakSE 143°1,163 m12.8 mi
Mount LewisSE 141°1,136 m15.9 mi
Cedar MountainESE 116°1,118 m15.8 mi
Devil's PulpitN 351°1,110 m15.6 mi
North PeakN 353°1,084 m16.3 mi
Lookout PointSE 132°1,051 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2016:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576268727270645448
Precip in2.82.92.21.10.60.10.00.10.10.71.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • valley oak155 obs
  • California Gall Wasp130 obs
  • coast live oak120 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard116 obs
  • Mallard109 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay105 obs
  • Great Blue Heron95 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk93 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/129285045

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