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Redwood Heights Recreation Center

Redwood Heights Recreation Center from directly overhead

Redwood Heights Recreation Center is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 139 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Avenue Terrance Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
139 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.79815, -122.18687
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Avenue Terrance Park: 0.3 mi
  • McCrea Park: 0.5 mi
  • McCrea Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Peralta Creek Park: 0.6 mi
  • Skyline Serpentine Prairie: 0.7 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Laurel Space Bears: 0.8 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 0.8 mi
  • Laurel Space Bears: 0.9 mi
  • Solar Clock: 1.5 mi
  • Phase One Journey: 2.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Fremont Monument: 0.9 mi
  • Joaquin Miller: 0.9 mi
  • Brooklyn Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • The Browning Monument: 1.0 mi
  • Pyramid to Moses: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Palo Seco Wedding Site: 0.9 mi
  • Fire Circle: 0.9 mi
  • Fernwood: 0.9 mi
  • Bay View: 1.1 mi
  • Roberts Grove: 1.1 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Pine Top: 1.3 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 1.5 mi
  • High Street Center: 3.2 mi
  • Round Top: 3.6 mi
  • Shellmound: 3.6 mi
Attractions
  • Christmas Tree Lane: 3.5 mi
  • Mazzariello Labyrinth: 3.8 mi
  • Alameda Spite House: 3.8 mi
  • Mountain View Cemetery Docent Tours: 3.9 mi
  • Zebra: 3.9 mi
Beaches: 37
Springs: 24
  • Sulfur Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Soto Springs: 13.8 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 13.8 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 9
Waterfalls: 7
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Redwood Heights Recreation Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E 80°617 m7.0 mi
Vollmer PeakNNW 342°581 m6.2 mi
Wiedemann HillESE 111°565 m11.3 mi
Las Trampas PeakENE 70°557 m7.1 mi
Vail PeakENE 76°545 m7.6 mi
Chaparral PeakNNW 340°540 m5.9 mi
Round TopN 355°531 m3.6 mi
Grizzly PeakNNW 336°531 m6.3 mi
Conditions

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Slender Salamander763 obs
  • Button's Banana Slug746 obs
  • coast redwood643 obs
  • California bay502 obs
  • California poppy405 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard399 obs
  • French broom381 obs
  • coast live oak373 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 way/415114491

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