Park · California
Tank Hill
Tank Hill is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 178 m. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south, 5.1 miles off.
What to expect
- Step-free access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates37.75996, -122.44750
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Tank Hill: 0.0 mi
- Mount Olympus: 0.3 mi
- Kite Hill: 0.4 mi
- Clarendon Heights: 0.4 mi
- Eureka Peak: 0.5 mi
Parks
- Al's Park: 0.1 mi
- Corbett Slope Community Park: 0.2 mi
- Mt. Olympus: 0.3 mi
- Grattan Playground: 0.3 mi
- Kite Hill Open Space: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
- Triumph of Light: 0.3 mi
- Adah’s Stairway: 0.8 mi
- Sue Bierman Memorial Grove: 0.9 mi
- Diamond Heights Safety Wall: 0.9 mi
- Henry W. Halleck: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- Corwin Street Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- States Street (Corona Heights) Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Golden Gate Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Plot to Grow Art: 0.7 mi
- White Crane Springs Community Garden: 0.9 mi
Attractions
- Seward Street Slides: 0.4 mi
- Matter of Trust Eco-Home: 0.6 mi
- Grateful Dead House: 0.6 mi
- Gilbert Baker Memorial Rainbow Flag: 0.7 mi
- Jimmy Hendrix house: 0.7 mi
Artworks
- Wooden Carving: 0.5 mi
- Windswept: 0.6 mi
- Tandem II: 0.6 mi
- Hippocrates: 0.6 mi
- Sanarte:Diversity's Pathway: 0.6 mi
Museums
- Randall Museum: 0.6 mi
- GLBT History Museum: 0.7 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 0.7 mi
- California Academy of Sciences: 1.2 mi
- Gadar Memorial: 1.6 mi
Picnic sites
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 2.8 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 3.0 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Fort Funston: 4.0 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 7.5 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 9.3 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 9.3 mi
Beaches: 58
- East Beach: 3.2 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 3.3 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 3.4 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 3.7 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Huntington Falls: 1.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 3.2 mi
- Kent Falls: 11.2 mi
- Dawn Falls: 13.8 mi
Springs: 13
- El Polín Spring: 2.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.4 mi
- Old Spring: 7.9 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Yellow Bluff: 5.4 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.0 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.5 mi
- Vent 5: 12.3 mi
- Rock Fort: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Lynn: 12.0 mi
- Winehaven: 13.3 mi
- Russell City: 18.7 mi
- Stokes Landing: 20.0 mi
- Eckley: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 5.7 mi
- Quarters A: 5.7 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 5.9 mi
Natural arches: 2
- Bird Island Arch: 6.6 mi
- Temple: 24.7 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Tank Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | S 173° | 371 m | 5.1 mi |
| Richardson East | NNW 336° | 338.6 m | 6.9 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 328° | 317.297 m | 7.8 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SSW 192° | 283 m | 1.5 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NNW 336° | 282 m | 5.7 mi |
| Hawk Hill | NNW 329° | 281 m | 5.5 mi |
| Mount Sutro | WSW 256° | 278 m | 0.5 mi |
| Noe Peak | S 181° | 274 m | 0.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 1 mi away.
- Mallard1,526 obs
- Great Blue Heron1,467 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird1,444 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk1,414 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,264 obs
- California poppy1,262 obs
- Steller's Jay1,249 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco1,184 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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