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Potrero Hill Recreation Center

Potrero Hill Recreation Center from directly overhead

Potrero Hill Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 89 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south-southwest, 5.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Arkansas Friendship Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
89 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
San Francisco Recreation & Park Department

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.75638, -122.39724
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Peaks
Parks
  • Starr King Open Space: 0.2 mi
  • Woods Yard Park: 0.4 mi
  • Tunnel Top Park: 0.4 mi
  • Progress Park: 0.4 mi
  • McKinley Square: 0.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 4.6 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 5.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 6.3 mi
  • Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 6.6 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 9.1 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 9.2 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 58
Springs: 15
Waterfalls: 14
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 8.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Potrero Hill Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSW 204°371 m5.2 mi
Richardson EastNW 320°338.6 m8.6 mi
Peak 1041NW 315°317.297 m9.7 mi
Mount DavidsonWSW 248°283 m3.3 mi
Slacker HillNW 317°282 m7.4 mi
Hawk HillNW 312°281 m7.5 mi
Mount SutroW 272°278 m3.3 mi
Noe PeakW 263°274 m2.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:36
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-tailed Hawk427 obs
  • Red Admiral411 obs
  • California poppy409 obs
  • Anise Swallowtail376 obs
  • Rock Pigeon354 obs
  • Western Gull342 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird335 obs
  • Red Valerian294 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/116771007

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