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Ruus Park

Ruus Park from directly overhead

Ruus Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Monument Peak North stands 800 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Peixoto Playfield, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.62547, -122.07433
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • iFLY Indoor Skydiving: 1.9 mi
  • Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 3.3 mi
  • The Patterson House: 4.9 mi
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 6.1 mi
  • Niles: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Flight 93 Memorial: 2.0 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 3.7 mi
  • Peace Sign: 4.5 mi
  • Japanese Teahouse: 4.8 mi
Museums
  • Union City Historical Museum: 2.0 mi
  • C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology: 2.2 mi
  • Hayward Shoreline Interpretive Center: 3.4 mi
  • Hayward Area Historical Society: 3.5 mi
  • Discovery Center: 3.6 mi
Peaks
  • Vista Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Garin Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Turk Island: 4.0 mi
  • Gossip Rock: 4.2 mi
  • Maderia Hill: 4.4 mi
Picnic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Artworks
Beaches: 41
  • Niles beach: 5.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.3 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 14.0 mi
  • Aardvark Beach: 14.4 mi
Springs: 23
  • Eugene Spring: 9.2 mi
  • McClure Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 17.5 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 18.0 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 18.4 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Chab: 7.9 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 11.9 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 18.1 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 18.2 mi
  • The Bluff: 19.1 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Ghost towns: 6
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Ruus Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Monument Peak NorthSE 129°800 m14.8 mi
Mount AllisonSE 128°793 m14.1 mi
Monument PeakSE 130°776 m15.0 mi
Monument Peak NorthwestSE 130°775 m14.7 mi
Mission PeakSE 126°761 m13.2 mi
Dragon MountainSE 132°671 m16.8 mi
Sunol PeakE 93°664 m8.3 mi
Oyster PointNE 37°644 m17.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456586165666767645651
Precip in2.93.12.41.20.60.20.00.10.10.81.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Towhee29 obs
  • Umber Skipper28 obs
  • Mallard24 obs
  • Great Egret24 obs
  • American Crow21 obs
  • Spotless Lady Beetle18 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird17 obs
  • Noble False Widow17 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/40476351

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