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Pinto Ranch Recreation Area

Pinto Ranch Recreation Area from directly overhead

Pinto Ranch Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 214 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east-northeast, 6.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Leona Heights Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
214 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.79590, -122.17382

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Water tank: 0.9 mi
  • Blossom Rock Trees: 1.0 mi
  • Fremont Monument: 1.3 mi
  • Dapper’s Rest: 1.4 mi
  • The Browning Monument: 1.4 mi
Gardens
  • Fig Leaf Gardens: 1.0 mi
  • William Joseph McInnes Botanic Garden and Arboretum: 1.1 mi
  • Laurel Art Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Moraga Garden Center: 3.8 mi
  • Rose Garden: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pine Top: 1.0 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 1.5 mi
  • High Street Center: 3.6 mi
  • Round Top: 3.9 mi
  • Shellmound: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Bay View: 1.0 mi
  • Manzanita: 1.0 mi
  • Madrone: 1.1 mi
  • Diablo Vista: 1.1 mi
  • Roberts Grove: 1.1 mi
Artworks
  • Laurel Space Bears: 1.3 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 1.3 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 1.4 mi
  • Solar Clock: 1.6 mi
  • Phase One Journey: 3.0 mi
Attractions
  • Elephant: 3.4 mi
  • Zebra: 3.4 mi
  • Guinea Hog: 3.4 mi
  • Pot Belly Pig: 3.4 mi
  • Aviary: 3.4 mi
Beaches: 36
Springs: 23
  • Sulfur Spring: 11.8 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 12.4 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Soto Springs: 13.3 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 7
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 19.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.2 miles of Pinto Ranch Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2ENE 78°617 m6.3 mi
Vollmer PeakNNW 337°581 m6.6 mi
Wiedemann HillESE 112°565 m10.6 mi
Las Trampas PeakENE 67°557 m6.5 mi
Vail PeakENE 73°545 m6.9 mi
Chaparral PeakNNW 335°540 m6.3 mi
Round TopNNW 345°531 m3.9 mi
Grizzly PeakNNW 331°531 m6.8 mi

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 solstice07:2116:1316:54

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, 5 mi away.

  • Button's Banana Slug942 obs
  • California Slender Salamander889 obs
  • coast redwood722 obs
  • California bay534 obs
  • broadleaf forget-me-not454 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard449 obs
  • Pacific poison oak406 obs
  • Convergent Lady Beetle399 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/415114760

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