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Shorebird Park

Shorebird Park from directly overhead

Shorebird Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east-northeast, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Shorebird Nature Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

Shorebird Park, situated along the southern shoreline at the Berkeley Marina provides great views, the fascinating Shorebird Nature Center, picnicking sites, and children’s play areas.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.86254, -122.31605

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
  • Shorebird Nature Center: 0.0 mi
  • Takara Sake Museum: 0.9 mi
  • California Historical Radio Society Bay Area Radio Museum: 1.4 mi
  • Berkeley Historical Society: 2.5 mi
  • Lacis Museum of Lace and Textiles: 2.6 mi
Artworks
Parks
Gardens
  • Urban Adamah: 1.5 mi
  • Village Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • BYA Urban Farm and Community Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Karl Linn Community Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Peralta Community Garden: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
  • Christie Park: 1.8 mi
  • Rancho Codornices: 1.9 mi
  • Farms: In West Berkeley?: 1.9 mi
  • California & Nevada Railroad 1884-1903: 2.0 mi
  • Historic McGee-Spaulding District: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Albany Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Holy Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Tightwad Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Pill Hill: 4.0 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area #2: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area #1: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic area #3: 3.4 mi
  • Acacia: 4.2 mi
  • Meadows: 4.2 mi
Beaches: 39
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 9
Ghost towns: 8
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 12.3 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 17.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.3 miles of Shorebird Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakENE 74°581 m5.3 mi
Chaparral PeakENE 78°540 m5.2 mi
Grizzly PeakENE 73°531 m4.7 mi
Round TopE 97°531 m6.8 mi
Barberry PeakE 85°513 m5.7 mi
Volcanic PeakE 92°498 m6.4 mi
Eureka PeakENE 79°495 m5.8 mi
Redwood PeakESE 112°493 m8.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:36
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 °F515355576063646465635651
Precip in4.85.13.81.80.80.30.00.10.11.22.75.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, 3 mi away.

  • California Ground Squirrel977 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron665 obs
  • Snowy Egret650 obs
  • Western Gull598 obs
  • Great Blue Heron559 obs
  • Willet460 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow454 obs
  • Bufflehead449 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/255316898

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