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South Beach Park

South Beach Park from directly overhead

South Beach Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south-southwest, 7.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Whaling Out of San Francisco, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.78083, -122.38810

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 4.1 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Neptune: 6.1 mi
  • East Bay campsite #3: 6.1 mi
Nature reserves
  • Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 6.1 mi
  • Fort Funston: 7.5 mi
  • Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.9 mi
  • Cypress Ridge Open Space: 8.2 mi
  • Tern Nesting: 8.4 mi
Beaches: 56
Springs: 21
Waterfalls: 15
Cliffs: 8
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 8.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 15.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of South Beach Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Bruno Mountain SummitSSW 202°371 m7.0 mi
Richardson EastNW 309°338.6 m7.7 mi
Peak 1041NW 305°317.297 m9.0 mi
Mount DavidsonSW 230°283 m4.6 mi
Slacker HillNW 304°282 m6.7 mi
Hawk HillWNW 299°281 m6.9 mi
Mount SutroWSW 247°278 m4.1 mi
Noe PeakWSW 238°274 m3.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:36
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
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, 2 mi away.

  • Rock Pigeon813 obs
  • Western Gull790 obs
  • House Sparrow348 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk342 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird324 obs
  • American Robin266 obs
  • Red Admiral261 obs
  • European Starling250 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/23750468

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