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Snow Park

Snow Park from directly overhead

Snow Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Makewatz, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

What to expect

Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates37.80765, -122.26392

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Makewatz: 0.0 mi
  • Oakland A's Stomper Mural: 0.2 mi
  • Mid-Century Monster: 0.2 mi
  • Zio Ziegler: 0.2 mi
  • Water Writes Mural: 0.2 mi
Gardens
  • Kaiser Rooftop Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Firescape Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Rhododendron Garden: 0.3 mi
  • Toddler's Garden: 0.3 mi
  • The Gardens at Lake Merritt: 0.3 mi
Attractions
  • Old West Junction: 0.2 mi
  • Play Island: 0.2 mi
  • The Alice in Wonderland Tunnel: 0.2 mi
  • Fairy Music Farm: 0.2 mi
  • The Chapel of Peace: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Skaia POPOS: 0.2 mi
  • Franklin Square: 0.3 mi
  • Lakeside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Henry J. Kaiser Memorial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Frank H. Ogawa Plaza: 0.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 0.2 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 0.2 mi
  • Circus Party Area: 0.2 mi
  • Croll's Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Neptune: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
  • Pill Hill: 0.9 mi
  • High Street Center: 3.7 mi
  • Shellmound: 3.8 mi
  • Tightwad Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Observatory Hill: 4.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 48
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 13
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 14.9 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 20.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.0 miles of Snow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Vollmer PeakNNE 24°581 m5.7 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 25°540 m5.4 mi
Round TopNE 53°531 m4.9 mi
Grizzly PeakNNE 18°531 m5.4 mi
Barberry PeakNNE 33°513 m5.1 mi
Volcanic PeakNE 45°498 m5.0 mi
Eureka PeakNNE 30°495 m5.7 mi
Redwood PeakE 81°493 m4.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4819:5620:35
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 °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, under a mile away.

  • Black-crowned Night Heron10,573 obs
  • Snowy Egret2,623 obs
  • American White Pelican1,093 obs
  • Mallard979 obs
  • American Coot887 obs
  • Canada Goose848 obs
  • Rock Pigeon792 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant773 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/22672037

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