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Plaza Park

Plaza Park from directly overhead

Plaza Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 15 m. Sunol Peak stands 664 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Root Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
15 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.72537, -122.15612
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
  • Truth Is Beauty: 0.4 mi
  • Rising Wave: 2.6 mi
  • Watermelon Rock: 3.0 mi
  • Duplex Cone: 3.2 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
  • City of San Leandro Monument: 0.8 mi
  • Memorial to the Chinese Laborers: 1.6 mi
  • Holding Tomorrow's Heart: 1.8 mi
  • Alameda Shellmound Plaque: 4.7 mi
  • Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 5.3 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Dunsmuir House and Gardens: 1.5 mi
  • Wallaroo: 1.7 mi
  • Muntjac: 1.7 mi
  • Emu: 1.7 mi
  • Sika Deer: 1.7 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Birthday Party Area: 1.7 mi
  • Tern: 3.1 mi
  • Bufflehead: 3.1 mi
  • Egret: 3.2 mi
  • Rail: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Pine Top: 4.1 mi
  • Maderia Hill: 4.4 mi
  • High Street Center: 4.7 mi
  • Shellmound: 4.7 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 50
Springs: 22
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 21.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Plaza Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Sunol PeakESE 120°664 m14.7 mi
Rock 2NE 40°617 m8.1 mi
Vollmer PeakNNW 342°581 m11.5 mi
Wiedemann HillE 84°565 m8.9 mi
Las Trampas PeakNE 34°557 m9.0 mi
Vail PeakNE 39°545 m8.9 mi
Chaparral PeakNNW 341°540 m11.2 mi
Round TopNNW 347°531 m8.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4819:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2116:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Dec.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505355576063646565615550
Precip in3.43.52.71.40.60.20.00.00.10.92.03.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Intl AP, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch114 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard70 obs
  • California Slender Salamander67 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird62 obs
  • Western Honey Bee62 obs
  • Wild Turkey61 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel51 obs
  • Umber Skipper49 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 node/358772850

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