Park · California
Mosswood Park
Mosswood Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Mosswood Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates37.82410, -122.26037
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Mosswood Community Garden: 0.1 mi
- 43rd and 44th Street Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Linda Kingston Triangle: 0.7 mi
- People's Grocery Garden: 1.0 mi
- Kaiser Rooftop Garden: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- Animurals: 0.1 mi
- Giraphics: 0.4 mi
- Hear Our Voices: 0.6 mi
- The Oak and the California Poppy: 0.7 mi
- 3 Point Celebration: 0.8 mi
Parks
- Oak Glen Park: 0.3 mi
- Oak Park: 0.4 mi
- Grove Shafter Park: 0.4 mi
- Grove Shafter Park: 0.5 mi
- Grove Shafter Park: 0.5 mi
Peaks
- Pill Hill: 0.3 mi
- Tightwad Hill: 3.4 mi
- Observatory Hill: 3.5 mi
- Holy Hill: 3.6 mi
- Spiral Knob: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
- Key Route Train Station: 0.4 mi
- Oakland Mother of the Year Award: 0.8 mi
- USS Maine Torpedo Port: 0.9 mi
- Saint Francis De Sales Cathedral: 1.1 mi
- MacArthur Freeway: Most Beautiful Urban Highway in the USA: 1.2 mi
Picnic sites
- Cinderella's Party Area: 1.0 mi
- Japanese Party Area: 1.0 mi
- Circus Party Area: 1.0 mi
- Fire Circle: 3.9 mi
- Croll's Garden: 3.9 mi
Attractions
- Mountain View Cemetery Docent Tours: 1.0 mi
- The Crooked Man's House: 1.0 mi
- Fairy Music Farm: 1.0 mi
- The Chapel of Peace: 1.0 mi
- Three Billy Goats Gruff: 1.0 mi
Museums
- Rotary Nature Center: 1.2 mi
- Junior Center of Art and Science: 1.2 mi
- Black Panther Party Museum: 1.4 mi
- African American Museum and Library at Oakland: 1.5 mi
- Camron-Stanford House: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Grinnell Natural Area: 3.2 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 3.4 mi
- Beaconsfield Canyon: 3.5 mi
- Castle Canyon: 3.6 mi
- Ecological Study Area: 3.8 mi
Beaches: 38
- Lake Temescal Beach: 2.3 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 3.1 mi
- Radio Beach: 3.3 mi
- Encinal beach: 4.1 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 5.0 mi
Springs: 25
- El Polín Spring: 10.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 10.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 10.9 mi
- Old Spring: 14.9 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 15.3 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Abrigo Falls: 10.2 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 11.1 mi
- Huntington Falls: 12.3 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.4 mi
- Kent Falls: 17.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Lynn: 2.2 mi
- Winehaven: 12.3 mi
- Russell City: 13.7 mi
- Eckley: 16.2 mi
- Stokes Landing: 17.0 mi
Cliffs: 9
- East Slope Badlands: 9.1 mi
- Chab: 9.6 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 11.5 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Turtle Rock: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 5.7 mi
- Quarters A: 5.7 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Rest Stop: 19.9 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 20.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 15.1 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Mosswood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock 2 | E 93° | 617 m | 10.9 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | NNE 27° | 581 m | 4.6 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | E 87° | 557 m | 10.7 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NNE 29° | 540 m | 4.3 mi |
| Round Top | ENE 64° | 531 m | 4.1 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NNE 20° | 531 m | 4.3 mi |
| Barberry Peak | NE 40° | 513 m | 4.0 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | NE 54° | 498 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 2 mi away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron10,195 obs
- Snowy Egret2,521 obs
- American White Pelican1,094 obs
- Mallard888 obs
- Monarch841 obs
- American Coot840 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle783 obs
- Canada Goose781 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.
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