Root Park
Root Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 12 m. Sunol Peak stands 664 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Plaza Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 12 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Plaza Park: 0.1 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- McCartney Park: 0.5 mi
- Siempre Verde Park: 0.5 mi
- Thrasher Park: 0.5 mi
- Truth Is Beauty: 0.4 mi
- Rising Wave: 2.6 mi
- Watermelon Rock: 2.9 mi
- Duplex Cone: 3.0 mi
- Laurel Space Bears: 4.7 mi
- City of San Leandro Monument: 0.6 mi
- Memorial to the Chinese Laborers: 1.7 mi
- Holding Tomorrow's Heart: 1.8 mi
- Alameda Shellmound Plaque: 4.5 mi
- Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 5.4 mi
- Reading Garden (Roos): 0.8 mi
- Kellicutt Garden: 0.9 mi
- William Joseph McInnes Botanic Garden and Arboretum: 3.9 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- Lincoln Park Rose Garden: 4.5 mi
- Dunsmuir House and Gardens: 1.4 mi
- Wallaroo: 1.6 mi
- Muntjac: 1.6 mi
- Emu: 1.6 mi
- Sika Deer: 1.6 mi
- Dunsmuir House: 1.4 mi
- Oakland Aviation Museum: 3.0 mi
- Mills College Art Museum: 4.1 mi
- McConaghy House: 4.4 mi
- Peralta Hacienda Historical: 5.3 mi
- Birthday Party Area: 1.7 mi
- Tern: 3.0 mi
- Bufflehead: 3.0 mi
- Egret: 3.0 mi
- Rail: 3.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 3.3 mi
- Butters Canyon: 5.7 mi
- Castle Canyon: 6.5 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 6.9 mi
- Beaconsfield Canyon: 6.9 mi
- Pine Top: 3.9 mi
- High Street Center: 4.5 mi
- Shellmound: 4.5 mi
- Maderia Hill: 4.5 mi
- Redwood Peak: 6.4 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.4 mi
- Encinal beach: 7.9 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 9.2 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 11.0 mi
- Radio Beach: 11.1 mi
- Eugene Spring: 10.5 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 14.3 mi
- Mineral Spring: 15.2 mi
- Coffeeberry Spring: 15.4 mi
- Johnny-come-lately Spring: 15.4 mi
- Russell City: 5.3 mi
- Lynn: 6.6 mi
- Stokes Landing: 9.2 mi
- Acelanus: 20.4 mi
- Drawbridge: 20.7 mi
- Chab: 1.6 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 7.5 mi
- Turtle Rock: 15.1 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 17.6 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 17.8 mi
- Tehan Falls: 12.5 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 14.1 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 15.1 mi
- Huntington Falls: 17.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 17.8 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
- Quarters A: 12.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 21.2 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 17.2 mi
- Rest Stop: 25.0 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 21.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Root Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunol Peak | ESE 120° | 664 m | 14.9 mi |
| Rock 2 | NE 41° | 617 m | 8.1 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | NNW 342° | 581 m | 11.4 mi |
| Wiedemann Hill | E 85° | 565 m | 9.0 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | NE 35° | 557 m | 9.0 mi |
| Vail Peak | NE 40° | 545 m | 8.9 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NNW 341° | 540 m | 11.0 mi |
| Round Top | NNW 348° | 531 m | 8.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Dec.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 61 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Intl AP, 4 mi away.
- Monarch118 obs
- Wild Turkey74 obs
- California Slender Salamander72 obs
- Western Fence Lizard72 obs
- Western Honey Bee71 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird64 obs
- Umber Skipper54 obs
- Eastern Fox Squirrel49 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/940581986
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