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Parkway Park

Parkway Park from directly overhead

Parkway Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 36 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Thomas Barrett Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

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Coordinates37.32673, -121.96449
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.2 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 4.0 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 4.0 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 4.0 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Museums
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Hunters Point: 5.7 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 6.0 mi
  • Communications Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Nob Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 6.3 mi
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 26
Beaches: 24
  • Niles beach: 17.6 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 23.0 mi
  • Waddell Beach (State Parks): 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 6.9 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 10.1 mi
  • The Bluff: 16.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 23.2 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Parkway Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 163°1,063 m12.0 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 168°1,061 m11.5 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 225°985 m10.1 mi
Castle RockSW 227°979 m9.9 mi
The PeakSW 218°917 m9.5 mi
El SombrosoSSE 164°917 m10.7 mi
Lookout TowerSW 235°892 m9.7 mi
Goat RockSW 229°890 m10.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel229 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird217 obs
  • House Finch211 obs
  • Monarch209 obs
  • Mourning Dove183 obs
  • Western Honey Bee174 obs
  • American Crow173 obs
  • Mallard156 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/38129174

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