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West Side Memorial Park

West Side Memorial Park from directly overhead

West Side Memorial Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 791 m. Duckwall Mountain stands 1,775 m to the east, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Heisler #2 Steam Engine, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Ebbetts Pass Scenic Byway passes 20 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
791 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.96104, -120.23797

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 49
  • Willow Springs Park: 2.8 mi
  • Groveland Sports Complex: 7.8 mi
  • Coffill Park: 8.0 mi
  • Coffils Park: 8.1 mi
  • Courthouse Square: 8.1 mi
Springs: 36
  • Alder Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Deadwood Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Indian Spring: 8.9 mi
  • Robert Nichols Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Camp Twentyone Spring: 9.4 mi
Museums: 13
Historic sites: 11
  • Miner’s Camp: 10.2 mi
  • Springfield Armory/School/Store: 10.4 mi
  • Grumman TS-2A Tracker: 10.8 mi
  • Mark Twain Bret Harte Trail - Chinese Camp: 12.2 mi
  • Old Crimea House: 15.8 mi
Attractions: 8
Picnic sites: 7
  • Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Remote Camp: 10.0 mi
  • Moccasin Point: 10.7 mi
  • Lupine Day Use Area: 14.9 mi
  • Heron Point Day Use: 15.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Dunn Court Beach: 7.7 mi
  • Pine Mountain Lake Marina Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Lake Lodge Beach: 8.1 mi
  • Beach 2: 20.8 mi
  • Beach 1: 20.8 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Cliffs: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Waterfalls: 4
Gardens: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridge: 14.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
  • Scoutmaster Grotto: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of West Side Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Duckwall MountainE 85°1,775 m6.5 mi
Bald MountainNNE 33°1,771 m15.1 mi
Marble MountainNE 53°1,665 m7.5 mi
Crandall PeakNNE 21°1,664 m14.6 mi
Mount LewisNE 39°1,661 m6.6 mi
Thompson PeakENE 74°1,607 m9.6 mi
Elizabeth PeakN 356°1,486 m7.1 mi
Mount ProvoNNE 26°1,479 m3.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0518:3819:13
June solstice05:4019:4820:28
September equinox06:4918:2518:59
December solstice07:1416:0416:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F424448515967747367584841
Precip in7.26.96.33.02.20.40.00.10.32.13.56.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Groveland 2, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • heart-leaf milkweed24 obs
  • California yerba santa19 obs
  • California buckeye17 obs
  • purple owl's-clover16 obs
  • bird's foot cliffbrake16 obs
  • interior live oak10 obs
  • Toyon10 obs
  • Butterfly Mariposa Lily10 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 node/358830293

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