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Silver Terrace Playground

Silver Terrace Playground from directly overhead

Silver Terrace Playground is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Florence Fang Asian Community Garden, a garden 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
24 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.73278, -122.40312
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
Parks
Attractions
  • Bradford Street: 0.5 mi
  • Hidden Bridge: 1.0 mi
  • Hidden Bridge: 1.0 mi
  • Hidden Bridge: 1.0 mi
  • Gambier Plaza: 1.1 mi
Peaks
Historic sites
Museums
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 5.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Fort Funston: 5.5 mi
  • Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 7.2 mi
  • San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 8.6 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 10.2 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 59
Springs: 14
Waterfalls: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 6
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 9.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 16.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Silver Terrace Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Montara Mountain North PeakSSW 199°570 m12.5 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSW 209°371 m3.6 mi
Richardson EastNNW 327°338.6 m9.7 mi
San Pedro MountainSSW 207°325 m12.4 mi
Peak 1041NW 322°317.297 m10.7 mi
Mount DavidsonW 278°283 m2.8 mi
Slacker HillNNW 326°282 m8.5 mi
Hawk HillNW 322°281 m8.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:35
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 °F525456565860606263625753
Precip in4.44.43.21.60.70.20.00.10.10.92.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California poppy598 obs
  • Red Admiral492 obs
  • Anise Swallowtail459 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk327 obs
  • Bermuda buttercup325 obs
  • American Avocet323 obs
  • Willet323 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow316 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/29285191

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