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Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach

Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach from directly overhead

Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Rittler Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
East Bay Regional Park District
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.76058, -122.26389

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Alameda Spite House: 1.3 mi
  • Christmas Tree Lane: 2.0 mi
  • S-3 Viking: 2.2 mi
  • F-14 Tomcat: 2.3 mi
  • F-4 Phantom: 2.3 mi
Artworks
  • Wave Oculus: 1.6 mi
  • Sigame/Follow Me: 1.6 mi
  • White Elephant Mural: 1.9 mi
  • Calimar: 2.1 mi
  • Decolonize Mural: 2.1 mi
Gardens
Peaks
  • Shellmound: 1.8 mi
  • High Street Center: 2.1 mi
  • Pill Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Pine Top: 5.0 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 6.2 mi
Beaches: 54
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 12
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 7
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 21.8 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakNNE 15°581 m8.8 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 15°540 m8.4 mi
Round TopNNE 32°531 m7.3 mi
Grizzly PeakN 11°531 m8.6 mi
Barberry PeakNNE 20°513 m8.0 mi
Volcanic PeakNNE 28°498 m7.7 mi
Eureka PeakNNE 19°495 m8.7 mi
Redwood PeakNE 50°493 m6.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2216:1316:54

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, 3 mi away.

  • California Ground Squirrel733 obs
  • Mallard609 obs
  • Snowy Egret590 obs
  • American Crow400 obs
  • Willet384 obs
  • Canada Goose369 obs
  • Long-billed Curlew362 obs
  • Black-bellied Plover326 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/39662836

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