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Splash Pad Park

Splash Pad Park from directly overhead

Splash Pad Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is MacArthur Freeway: Most Beautiful Urban Highway in the USA, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

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Coordinates37.81055, -122.24760
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
  • Grand Performance Mural: 0.1 mi
  • To Ignore Evil Mural: 0.1 mi
  • Lakeview Mural: 0.1 mi
  • Lakeshore Mural: 0.2 mi
  • Say My Name: 0.2 mi
Parks
  • Eastshore Park: 0.1 mi
  • Lakeshore Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mandana Plaza: 0.3 mi
  • Oak Grove Park: 0.6 mi
  • Warren Hook Park: 0.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Palmetum: 0.6 mi
  • Vireya Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Golden State Bonsai Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Japanese Gardens: 0.6 mi
  • Oakland Fukuoka Sister City Garden: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Hey, Diddle Diddle: 0.7 mi
  • Rapunzel's Castle: 0.7 mi
  • Mary Had a Little Lamb: 0.7 mi
  • Little Miss Muffet: 0.7 mi
  • Peter Rabbit's Village: 0.7 mi
Picnic sites
  • Circus Party Area: 0.7 mi
  • Japanese Party Area: 0.7 mi
  • Cinderella's Party Area: 0.7 mi
  • Fire Circle: 3.1 mi
  • Croll's Garden: 3.3 mi
Peaks
  • Pill Hill: 1.2 mi
  • High Street Center: 3.4 mi
  • Shellmound: 3.7 mi
  • Redwood Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Round Top: 4.1 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 43
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 13
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 9
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 15.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Splash Pad Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rock 2E 88°617 m10.2 mi
Vollmer PeakNNE 16°581 m5.2 mi
Las Trampas PeakE 81°557 m10.1 mi
Vail PeakE 85°545 m10.7 mi
Chaparral PeakNNE 16°540 m4.9 mi
Round TopNE 48°531 m4.1 mi
Grizzly PeakN 9°531 m5.0 mi
Eagle PeakE 84°524 m10.9 mi
Conditions

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-crowned Night Heron10,464 obs
  • Snowy Egret2,599 obs
  • American White Pelican1,088 obs
  • Mallard988 obs
  • American Coot875 obs
  • Canada Goose852 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle769 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant768 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/25173804

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