Park · California
Vantage Point Park
Vantage Point Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Decolonize Mural, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 6 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.78864, -122.24762
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Decolonize Mural: 0.1 mi
- Marin Way Murals: 0.3 mi
- Sigame/Follow Me: 0.9 mi
- Wave Oculus: 0.9 mi
- Bear Nursing Cubs: 1.1 mi
Parks
- Franklin Park: 0.3 mi
- San Antonio Park: 0.4 mi
- Clinton Square: 0.5 mi
- Township Commons: 0.5 mi
- Garfield Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Coast Guard Working Dogs Memorial: 0.4 mi
- Coast Guard Auxiliary Memorial: 0.5 mi
- F.M. Smith Mule Train Monument: 0.8 mi
- Abraham Lincoln War Memorial: 1.1 mi
- ATK Baseball Field: 1.2 mi
Gardens
- Parkway Cascade Garden: 0.8 mi
- Oakland Museum of California Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Sensory Garden: 1.3 mi
- Merritt Horticultural Display: 1.3 mi
- Golden State Bonsai Garden: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Friday Nights @ OMCA with Off the Grid: 1.1 mi
- Gondola Servizio: 1.2 mi
- Old West Junction: 1.5 mi
- Peter Rabbit's Village: 1.5 mi
- Pinocchio's Castle: 1.5 mi
Museums
- Camron-Stanford House: 1.2 mi
- Cohen Bray House: 1.2 mi
- Junior Center of Art and Science: 1.3 mi
- Rotary Nature Center: 1.4 mi
- Peralta Hacienda Historical: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Circus Party Area: 1.6 mi
- Japanese Party Area: 1.6 mi
- Cinderella's Party Area: 1.6 mi
- Croll's Garden: 2.1 mi
- Seawind: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- High Street Center: 2.1 mi
- Shellmound: 2.3 mi
- Pill Hill: 2.4 mi
- Pine Top: 3.9 mi
- Redwood Peak: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 2.3 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 3.4 mi
- Castle Canyon: 3.5 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 3.5 mi
- Beaconsfield Canyon: 3.7 mi
Beaches: 51
- Encinal beach: 2.7 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.6 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 4.2 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 4.6 mi
- Radio Beach: 4.7 mi
Springs: 26
- El Polín Spring: 11.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 11.3 mi
- El Polín Spring: 11.4 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 15.5 mi
- Eugene Spring: 16.0 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 10.3 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 12.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 12.5 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.6 mi
- Tehan Falls: 18.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Lynn: 1.2 mi
- Russell City: 11.3 mi
- Stokes Landing: 14.5 mi
- Winehaven: 14.6 mi
- Eckley: 18.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Chab: 7.6 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 10.7 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.4 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 12.7 mi
- Turtle Rock: 17.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.4 mi
- Quarters A: 6.4 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 18.4 mi
- Rest Stop: 21.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 16.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.2 miles of Vantage Point Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock 2 | E 80° | 617 m | 10.3 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | NNE 12° | 581 m | 6.7 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | ENE 73° | 557 m | 10.5 mi |
| Vail Peak | ENE 77° | 545 m | 11.0 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NNE 12° | 540 m | 6.3 mi |
| Round Top | NE 35° | 531 m | 5.2 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | N 7° | 531 m | 6.5 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ENE 76° | 524 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 1 mi away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron10,547 obs
- Snowy Egret2,640 obs
- American White Pelican1,084 obs
- Mallard1,003 obs
- American Coot903 obs
- Canada Goose853 obs
- Rock Pigeon807 obs
- Double-crested Cormorant789 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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