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North Oakland Recreation Center

North Oakland Recreation Center from directly overhead

North Oakland Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Ridgeway Plaza, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
33 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.83299, -122.25710
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Ridgeway Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Little Frog Park: 0.4 mi
  • Rockridge-Temescal Greenbelt: 0.5 mi
  • Hardy Park & Dog Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mosswood Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • PostMark Temescal: 0.4 mi
  • 我: 0.5 mi
  • Animurals: 0.8 mi
  • Giraphics: 0.9 mi
  • Hear Our Voices: 1.2 mi
Gardens
  • 43rd and 44th Street Community Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Mosswood Community Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Linda Kingston Triangle: 0.7 mi
  • Bushrod Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • People's Grocery Garden: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Key Route Train Station: 0.5 mi
  • Firestorm Community Mural: 0.8 mi
  • Oakland Mother of the Year Award: 1.0 mi
  • Historic Lorin District: 1.3 mi
  • IEEE Milestone Plaque: 1.4 mi
Attractions
  • Mountain View Cemetery Docent Tours: 0.7 mi
  • The Crooked Man's House: 1.7 mi
  • Fairy Music Farm: 1.7 mi
  • The Chapel of Peace: 1.7 mi
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Pill Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Tightwad Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 2.9 mi
  • Holy Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Spiral Knob: 3.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 1.6 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 1.6 mi
  • Circus Party Area: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area #2: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Area #1: 3.6 mi
Museums
Nature reserves
Beaches: 38
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 14
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of North Oakland Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E 97°617 m10.8 mi
Vollmer PeakNNE 29°581 m4.0 mi
Las Trampas PeakE 90°557 m10.5 mi
Vail PeakE 93°545 m11.2 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 31°540 m3.6 mi
Grizzly PeakNNE 21°531 m3.6 mi
Round TopENE 71°531 m3.7 mi
Eagle PeakE 92°524 m11.3 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 Heron1,333 obs
  • Monarch1,046 obs
  • Mallard741 obs
  • California poppy703 obs
  • American White Pelican698 obs
  • Snowy Egret667 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel599 obs
  • American Coot567 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/358851442

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