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Palega Recreation Center

Palega Recreation Center from directly overhead

Palega Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 35 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Invocation Statue, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Elevation
35 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.72908, -122.40971

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
Gardens
Attractions
  • Bradford Street: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Bridge: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Bridge: 0.6 mi
  • Hidden Bridge: 0.6 mi
  • Gambier Plaza: 0.7 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 5.5 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 5.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 5.1 mi
  • Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 7.6 mi
  • San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 8.3 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 10.3 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 10.8 mi
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 13
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 9.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 16.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Palega Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montara Mountain North PeakSSW 198°570 m12.2 mi
Peak MountainSSW 199°545 m12.3 mi
South PeakSSW 198°545 m12.6 mi
Montara KnobSSW 199°487 m12.6 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSW 206°371 m3.2 mi
Richardson EastNNW 330°338.6 m9.7 mi
San Pedro MountainSSW 206°325 m12.0 mi
Peak 1041NW 325°317.297 m10.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525456565860606263625753
Precip in4.44.43.21.60.70.20.00.10.10.92.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 3 mi away.

  • Red Admiral516 obs
  • California poppy504 obs
  • Anise Swallowtail410 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk327 obs
  • western blue-eyed grass292 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup292 obs
  • Wild radish286 obs
  • Red Valerian285 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/39997532

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