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Sutro Heights Park

Sutro Heights Park from directly overhead

Sutro Heights Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 52 m. Mount Tamalpais West Point stands 527 m to the north-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Diana, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 52 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.77775, -122.51158

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

Diana: 0.1 mi
“Playland Revisited”, Ray Beldner 1996: 0.3 mi
“San Francisco Life”, Lucien Lebaudt (WPA 1936): 0.6 mi
The Thinker: 0.8 mi
El Cid Campeador: 0.8 mi

Historic sites

Schooner Parallel “Blown To Atoms” 1887: 0.1 mi
Main pool house: 0.2 mi
Boiler rooms: 0.2 mi
Playland-At-The-Beach (1920s-1972): 0.3 mi
In memory of Admiral D.J. Callaghan (Guadalcanal): 0.3 mi

Attractions

Picnic sites

Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.1 mi
Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 3.4 mi
Picnic Pod A: 3.4 mi
West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 3.5 mi

Gardens

Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 0.5 mi
Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.9 mi
Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 1.9 mi
Sunset Community Garden: 2.1 mi
Children's Garden: 2.2 mi

Beaches

Mile Rock Beach: 0.7 mi
Marshall's Beach: 2.4 mi
Black Sands Beach: 3.2 mi
East Beach: 3.8 mi
Rodeo Beach: 3.9 mi

Museums

Legion of Honor: 0.7 mi
California Academy of Sciences: 2.5 mi
Greater Farallones Marine Sanctuary Visitor Center: 3.1 mi
Military Intelligence Service Historic Learning Center: 3.2 mi
California Society of Pioneers Museum and Library: 3.2 mi

Parks

Cabrillo Playground: 0.8 mi
La Playa Park: 1.2 mi
La Playa Park: 1.3 mi
Fulton Playground: 1.4 mi
Rochambeau Playground: 1.6 mi

Peaks

Strawberry Hill: 2.1 mi
Rob Hill: 2.3 mi
Heidelberg Hill: 2.4 mi
Grand View Hill: 2.6 mi
Presidio Hill: 2.8 mi

Nature reserves

Fort Funston: 4.0 mi
Cypress Ridge Open Space: 5.7 mi
Aramburu Island: 7.7 mi
Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.8 mi
Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 7.9 mi

Waterfalls16

Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
Huntington Falls: 2.1 mi
Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 6.6 mi
Kent Falls: 8.2 mi
Dawn Falls: 11.4 mi

Springs11

El Polín Spring: 3.2 mi
El Polín Spring: 3.2 mi
El Polín Spring: 3.4 mi
Old Spring: 5.3 mi
Lone Tree Spring: 9.6 mi

Cliffs6

Yellow Bluff: 4.6 mi
Vent 5: 9.0 mi
Aramai Point: 11.9 mi
East Slope Badlands: 12.0 mi
Rock Fort: 15.0 mi

Ghost towns4

Winehaven: 13.0 mi
Lynn: 15.3 mi
Russell City: 22.4 mi
Stokes Landing: 23.6 mi

Lighthouses3

Natural arches3

Bird Island Arch: 3.5 mi
Temple: 21.2 mi
Keyhole: 21.7 mi

Hot springs1

Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 9.9 mi

Rest areas1

Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 18.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

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

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Tamalpais West Point	NNW 335°	527 m	10.6 mi
Bare Knoll	NW 326°	478 m	10.3 mi
Wooded Knoll	NW 325°	465 m	10.3 mi
Cardiac Hill	NNW 329°	413 m	9.6 mi
San Bruno Mountain Summit	SSE 146°	371 m	7.5 mi
Richardson East	N 8°	338.6 m	5.1 mi
Peak 1041	N 354°	317.297 m	5.4 mi
Mount Davidson	SE 131°	283 m	4.2 mi

Conditions

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby

Anna's Hummingbird1,209 obs
Red-tailed Hawk1,033 obs
Great Blue Heron756 obs
White-crowned Sparrow732 obs
garden nasturtium715 obs
Western Gull687 obs
Mallard674 obs
Common Raven585 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.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/160025743

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