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Smith Playground

Smith Playground from directly overhead

Smith Playground is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 86 m. Red Mountain stands 730 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Fink-White Park, a park 0.1 miles away. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
86 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.73698, -119.80660

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fink-White Park: 0.1 mi
  • Z.S. Leymel Park: 0.5 mi
  • Kearny Park: 0.6 mi
  • Planespotting Park at Fresno Chandler Executive Airport: 0.6 mi
  • Planespotting Park at Fresno Chandler Executive Airport: 0.6 mi
Historic sites: 27
Peaks: 24
Cliffs: 20
  • San Joaquin River Bluffs: 7.8 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluff: 8.0 mi
  • San Joaquin River Bluff: 8.1 mi
Museums: 14
Picnic sites: 10
Attractions: 8
Springs: 4
  • Rock Spring: 16.2 mi
  • Chimney Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Home Spring: 18.9 mi
  • White Tank Spring: 23.5 mi
Artworks: 3
  • 1821 Gallery & Studios: 0.5 mi
  • Calwa Murals: 3.6 mi
  • Clovis Rodeo Statue: 8.3 mi
Nature reserves: 2
  • Parkway Trust / Caglia: 10.3 mi
  • Big Table Mountain Ecological Reserve: 24.5 mi
Gardens: 1
Ghost towns: 1
Beaches: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • C. H. Warlow Rest Area: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Smith Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Red MountainENE 69°730 m24.1 mi
Wildcat MountainENE 64°669 m23.1 mi
Jesse Morrow MountainE 90°640 m22.1 mi
Keys MountainNE 50°597 m23.4 mi
Corlew MountainNE 38°594 m23.1 mi
Hulbert MountainNNE 19°559 m23.3 mi
Table MountainNNE 30°531 m22.3 mi
Campbell MountainE 97°527 m21.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0418:3719:11
June solstice05:4119:4420:22
September equinox06:4818:2418:58
December solstice07:0916:0716:47

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257627078848277675548
Precip in2.21.91.91.00.40.20.00.00.00.60.91.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fresno Yosemite Intl, 6 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel71 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard64 obs
  • House Sparrow52 obs
  • Rock Pigeon48 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay45 obs
  • Great Egret39 obs
  • Mourning Dove35 obs
  • Canada Goose35 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 node/358776123

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