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Piedmont Park

Piedmont Park from directly overhead

Piedmont Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 78 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Piedmont Recreation Center, a park 0.1 miles away.

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Coordinates37.82217, -122.23233
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Bear Sculpture: 0.5 mi
  • Lakeshore Mural: 1.1 mi
  • Lakeview Mural: 1.1 mi
  • To Ignore Evil Mural: 1.2 mi
  • Grand Performance Mural: 1.2 mi
Gardens
  • Linda Kingston Triangle: 0.9 mi
  • Mosswood Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Vireya Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Palmetum: 1.8 mi
  • Japanese Gardens: 1.8 mi
Attractions
  • Mountain View Cemetery Docent Tours: 0.9 mi
  • Hey, Diddle Diddle: 1.8 mi
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb: 1.8 mi
  • Rapunzel's Castle: 1.8 mi
  • Little Miss Muffet: 1.8 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Circus Party Area: 1.8 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 1.8 mi
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 1.8 mi
  • Fire Circle: 2.4 mi
  • Palo Seco Wedding Site: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • Pill Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Round Top: 2.9 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Volcanic Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Barberry Peak: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 38
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 13
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 16.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Piedmont Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E 93°617 m9.4 mi
Vollmer PeakN 8°581 m4.3 mi
Las Trampas PeakE 85°557 m9.2 mi
Vail PeakE 89°545 m9.8 mi
Chaparral PeakN 7°540 m3.9 mi
Round TopNE 48°531 m2.9 mi
Grizzly PeakN 359°531 m4.1 mi
Eagle PeakE 88°524 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
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 Heron1,411 obs
  • American White Pelican782 obs
  • Snowy Egret772 obs
  • Monarch743 obs
  • Mallard736 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel569 obs
  • Canada Goose560 obs
  • American Coot549 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/28861251

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