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Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove

Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove from directly overhead

Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 36 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Parkside Square, a park 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
36 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.73614, -122.47877

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Fake Seagull: 0.4 mi
  • Gregangelo Museum: 0.6 mi
  • Grizzly Gulch: 1.1 mi
  • Eagle Island: 1.1 mi
  • Chacoan Peccary: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Habitat Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Habitat Gardens: 0.9 mi
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 2.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 4.8 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
Artworks
  • Hall of fame photo collage: 0.9 mi
  • Waterfall Column: 0.9 mi
  • Couple's Statue: 0.9 mi
  • Head of St. Francis: 1.0 mi
  • Speedway Express Local Mural: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Forest Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Larsen Peak: 1.1 mi
  • Edgehill Heights: 1.2 mi
  • Mount Davidson: 1.4 mi
  • Grand View Hill: 1.4 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 1.7 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 8.7 mi
  • San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 8.8 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 10.1 mi
  • Pedro Point Headlands: 10.5 mi
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • Bird Island Arch: 6.8 mi
  • Temple: 24.5 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Sigmund Stern Recreation Grove. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montara Mountain North PeakS 180°570 m12.1 mi
Peak MountainS 181°545 m12.1 mi
South PeakS 180°545 m12.4 mi
Montara KnobS 182°487 m12.4 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSE 145°371 m4.1 mi
Richardson EastN 352°338.6 m8.0 mi
San Pedro MountainS 188°325 m11.3 mi
Peak 1041NNW 344°317.297 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525454555557586060605753
Precip in3.94.03.01.40.60.20.00.10.10.92.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 2 mi away.

  • White-crowned Sparrow712 obs
  • California poppy656 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk575 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup569 obs
  • Western Honey Bee460 obs
  • Western Gull428 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird415 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle401 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/103637554

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