Park · California
Sunset Dunes
Sunset Dunes is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 9 m. Bare Knoll stands 478 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Wave Heart, a artwork 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- San Francisco Rec and Park
How to reach it
Coordinates37.74977, -122.50834
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Wave Heart: 0.2 mi
- Surfhenge: 0.6 mi
- Abundance: 0.6 mi
- Java Dog Statue: 1.0 mi
- “San Francisco Life”, Lucien Lebaudt (WPA 1936): 1.4 mi
Parks
- West Sunset Playground: 0.6 mi
- La Playa Park: 0.7 mi
- La Playa Park: 0.7 mi
- Greenie's Conservation Corner: 1.3 mi
- Sunset Playground: 1.3 mi
Gardens
- Sunset Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Prehistoric Garden: 1.2 mi
- Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 1.4 mi
- Children's Garden: 2.1 mi
- Habitat Garden: 2.2 mi
Attractions
- Sunset Dunes Art Exhibition: 0.8 mi
- Murphy Windmill: 1.1 mi
- Family Farm: 1.1 mi
- Australian WalkAbout: 1.1 mi
- Meerkat: 1.1 mi
Picnic sites
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 4.6 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
- City Fields Foundation (2015): 1.3 mi
- Roald Amundsen: 1.4 mi
- Robert W. Carroll: 1.4 mi
- In Memory of Officer Bryan D. Tuvera: 1.6 mi
- Playland-At-The-Beach (1920s-1972): 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Fort Funston: 2.0 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 7.7 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 9.5 mi
- Aramburu Island: 9.7 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 9.7 mi
Peaks
- Grand View Hill: 2.0 mi
- Larsen Peak: 2.2 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 2.2 mi
- Forest Hill: 2.3 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 2.5 mi
Museums
- Legion of Honor: 2.4 mi
- California Academy of Sciences: 2.7 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 3.6 mi
- Randall Museum: 4.0 mi
- Gadar Memorial: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 59
- Mile Rock Beach: 2.6 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 3.0 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 3.9 mi
- East Beach: 5.0 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 5.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Rainbow Falls: 2.2 mi
- Huntington Falls: 2.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 5.5 mi
- Kent Falls: 10.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 13.4 mi
Springs: 13
- El Polín Spring: 4.1 mi
- El Polín Spring: 4.1 mi
- El Polín Spring: 4.3 mi
- Old Spring: 7.2 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 11.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Yellow Bluff: 6.3 mi
- Aramai Point: 9.9 mi
- Vent 5: 10.7 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 13.5 mi
- Rock Fort: 16.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Winehaven: 14.8 mi
- Lynn: 15.4 mi
- Russell City: 21.5 mi
- Stokes Landing: 22.5 mi
- Purissima: 24.5 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 4.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 8.9 mi
- Quarters A: 8.9 mi
Natural arches: 3
- Bird Island Arch: 5.4 mi
- Temple: 22.7 mi
- Keyhole: 23.2 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 11.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Sunset Dunes. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bare Knoll | NNW 330° | 478 m | 12.1 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NNW 330° | 465 m | 12.0 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NNW 334° | 413 m | 11.4 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SE 137° | 371 m | 5.9 mi |
| Richardson East | N 4° | 338.6 m | 7.0 mi |
| San Pedro Mountain | S 180° | 325 m | 12.2 mi |
| Peak 1041 | N 354° | 317.297 m | 7.3 mi |
| Mount Davidson | ESE 105° | 283 m | 3.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:23 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 54 | 54 | 55 | 55 | 57 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 60 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 2 mi away.
- Red-tailed Hawk747 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird741 obs
- Eccentric Sand Dollar657 obs
- Western Gull640 obs
- Pacific Sand Crab634 obs
- Great Blue Heron624 obs
- Mallard583 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow528 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.
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