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Pink Triangle Memorial

Pink Triangle Memorial from directly overhead

Pink Triangle Memorial is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 52 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Gilbert Baker Memorial Rainbow Flag, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.

The 15 granite pylons rise before you in remembrance of the estimate 15,000 gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders who were persecuted imprisoned and killed during and after the Nazi regime

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.76238, -122.43621

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 3.1 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 7.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Pink Triangle Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Bruno Mountain SummitS 180°371 m5.2 mi
Richardson EastNNW 331°338.6 m7.0 mi
Peak 1041NW 324°317.297 m8.0 mi
Mount DavidsonSSW 209°283 m1.9 mi
Slacker HillNNW 330°282 m5.8 mi
Hawk HillNW 323°281 m5.7 mi
Mount SutroWSW 256°278 m1.2 mi
Noe PeakSW 220°274 m1.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
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, under a mile away.

  • California poppy1,140 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,096 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird914 obs
  • Coyote807 obs
  • Red Admiral804 obs
  • Western Honey Bee799 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay755 obs
  • American Robin741 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/219036309

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