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Morcom Rose Garden

Morcom Rose Garden from directly overhead

Morcom Rose Garden is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 29 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakland Mother of the Year Award, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
29 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.82022, -122.24677
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
  • Linda Kingston Triangle: 0.3 mi
  • Mosswood Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Vireya Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Japanese Gardens: 1.1 mi
  • Palmetum: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Giraphics: 0.4 mi
  • Lakeview Mural: 0.6 mi
  • Grand Performance Mural: 0.7 mi
  • Lakeshore Mural: 0.7 mi
  • To Ignore Evil Mural: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Mountain View Cemetery Docent Tours: 0.8 mi
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb: 1.1 mi
  • Hey, Diddle Diddle: 1.1 mi
  • Rapunzel's Castle: 1.1 mi
  • Oswald the Bubble Elf: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Pill Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Round Top: 3.6 mi
  • Tightwad Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Spiral Knob: 3.7 mi
  • Volcanic Peak: 3.8 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Circus Party Area: 1.1 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 1.1 mi
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 1.1 mi
  • Fire Circle: 3.1 mi
  • Palo Seco Wedding Site: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 39
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 13
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Morcom Rose Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E 92°617 m10.1 mi
Vollmer PeakNNE 17°581 m4.6 mi
Las Trampas PeakE 85°557 m10.0 mi
Vail PeakE 88°545 m10.6 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 18°540 m4.2 mi
Round TopNE 55°531 m3.6 mi
Grizzly PeakN 10°531 m4.3 mi
Eagle PeakE 88°524 m10.8 mi
Conditions

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-crowned Night Heron9,619 obs
  • Snowy Egret2,521 obs
  • American White Pelican1,084 obs
  • Mallard924 obs
  • American Coot841 obs
  • Canada Goose782 obs
  • Monarch767 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle761 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/22979165

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