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Shepherd Canyon Park

Shepherd Canyon Park from directly overhead

Shepherd Canyon Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 220 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Marjorie Saunders Park, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

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Coordinates37.82645, -122.20163
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Phase One Journey: 0.5 mi
  • Solar Clock: 1.2 mi
  • Bear Sculpture: 1.3 mi
  • Mazzariello Labyrinth: 1.9 mi
  • Labyrinth: 2.0 mi
Parks
Historic sites
  • The Funeral Pyre: 1.1 mi
  • Pyramid to Moses: 1.1 mi
  • The Browning Monument: 1.2 mi
  • Joaquin Miller: 1.2 mi
  • Brooklyn Memorial: 1.2 mi
Picnic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • Redwood Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Round Top: 1.7 mi
  • Volcanic Peak: 2.3 mi
  • Barberry Peak: 3.0 mi
  • Pine Top: 3.4 mi
Attractions
  • Mazzariello Labyrinth: 1.9 mi
  • Mountain View Cemetery Docent Tours: 2.4 mi
  • Hey, Diddle Diddle: 3.4 mi
  • Rapunzel's Castle: 3.4 mi
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb: 3.4 mi
Gardens
  • Laurel Art Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Fig Leaf Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • Linda Kingston Triangle: 2.5 mi
  • Parkway Cascade Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Mosswood Community Garden: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 37
Springs: 26
  • Sulfur Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Soto Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Coffeeberry Spring: 13.9 mi
  • El Polín Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Peach Tree Spring: 14.0 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Waterfalls: 11
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 18.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 23.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Shepherd Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E 96°617 m7.7 mi
Vollmer PeakNNW 344°581 m4.1 mi
Wiedemann HillESE 118°565 m12.8 mi
Las Trampas PeakE 86°557 m7.5 mi
Vail PeakE 91°545 m8.2 mi
Chaparral PeakNNW 342°540 m3.8 mi
Round TopNNE 17°531 m1.7 mi
Grizzly PeakNNW 336°531 m4.2 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 solstice07:2216:1316:54

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Evergreen Huckleberry569 obs
  • California bay550 obs
  • coast redwood524 obs
  • common cowparsnip475 obs
  • Pacific madrone439 obs
  • Pink Honeysuckle430 obs
  • western sword fern420 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower412 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/94454483

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