Park · California
Poplar Recreation Area
Poplar Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Acta Non Verba - West Oakland Farm Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 5 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.82358, -122.28389
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Acta Non Verba - West Oakland Farm Park: 0.1 mi
- Union Plaza Park: 0.2 mi
- St. Andrew's Plaza: 0.3 mi
- McClymonds Mini-Park: 0.4 mi
- 41st Street Mini Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
- City Slicker Farms: 0.2 mi
- People's Grocery Garden: 0.3 mi
- Big Daddy's Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Afrikatown Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- 43rd and 44th Street Community Garden: 1.2 mi
Artworks
- The San Pablo Mural: 0.4 mi
- Finding Nemo Seagull: 0.6 mi
- Luxo Jr.: 0.6 mi
- GATS Mural: 0.6 mi
- American Steel Murals: 0.7 mi
Historic sites
- Memorial Plaque for Dan Lee: 0.6 mi
- IEEE Milestone Plaque: 0.6 mi
- Memorial Plaque for Steve Jobs: 0.6 mi
- Memorial Plaque for Glenn McQueen: 0.6 mi
- Emeryville Shellmound Memorial: 0.9 mi
Museums
- Ebony Museum Of Art: 1.0 mi
- African American Museum and Library at Oakland: 1.3 mi
- Pardee Home Museum: 1.3 mi
- Black Panther Party Museum: 1.5 mi
- The Museum of Art and Digital Entertainment: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Pill Hill: 1.1 mi
- Observatory Hill: 3.7 mi
- Holy Hill: 3.8 mi
- Tightwad Hill: 3.8 mi
- Spiral Knob: 4.4 mi
Attractions
- Thornton House: 1.3 mi
- The Music They Played on 7th Street Oakland Walk of Fame: 1.4 mi
- The Crooked Man's House: 1.6 mi
- Fairy Music Farm: 1.6 mi
- Play Island: 1.6 mi
Picnic sites
- Cinderella's Party Area: 1.6 mi
- Japanese Party Area: 1.6 mi
- Circus Party Area: 1.6 mi
- Neptune: 3.8 mi
- Croll's Garden: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Grinnell Natural Area: 3.4 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 4.0 mi
- Ecological Study Area: 4.4 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 4.7 mi
- Claremont Canyon: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 43
- Toll Plaza Beach: 1.8 mi
- Radio Beach: 2.0 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 3.4 mi
- Encinal beach: 3.8 mi
- Albany Beach: 4.8 mi
Springs: 24
- El Polín Spring: 9.5 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 9.6 mi
- Old Spring: 13.7 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 16.5 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 10.1 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 11.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 11.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 16.6 mi
Ghost towns: 9
- Lynn: 3.2 mi
- Winehaven: 11.4 mi
- Russell City: 14.4 mi
- Eckley: 16.5 mi
- Stokes Landing: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- East Slope Badlands: 8.2 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Chab: 10.6 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 12.8 mi
- Vent 5: 18.6 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Quarters A: 4.4 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 4.4 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 20.2 mi
- Rest Stop: 20.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 13.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Poplar Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | NE 39° | 581 m | 5.3 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NE 41° | 540 m | 5.0 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NE 34° | 531 m | 4.9 mi |
| Round Top | ENE 70° | 531 m | 5.3 mi |
| Barberry Peak | NE 51° | 513 m | 5.0 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | ENE 62° | 498 m | 5.3 mi |
| Eureka Peak | NE 45° | 495 m | 5.5 mi |
| Redwood Peak | E 94° | 493 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 2 mi away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron4,240 obs
- Snowy Egret1,342 obs
- Monarch728 obs
- wall barley554 obs
- California poppy474 obs
- Rock Pigeon440 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel421 obs
- Western Honey Bee420 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/28326514
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