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West Sunset Playground

West Sunset Playground from directly overhead

West Sunset Playground is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 35 m. Bare Knoll stands 478 m to the north-northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunset Community Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
35 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.74893, -122.49791

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Sunset Community Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Prehistoric Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Queen Wilhelmina Tulip Garden: 1.6 mi
  • Alice Fong Yu School Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Children's Garden: 1.7 mi
Artworks
Parks
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.1 mi
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 4.3 mi
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 5.5 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 59
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 3
  • Bird Island Arch: 5.6 mi
  • Temple: 23.1 mi
  • Keyhole: 23.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 12.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of West Sunset Playground. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Bare KnollNNW 328°478 m12.4 mi
Wooded KnollNNW 328°465 m12.4 mi
Cardiac HillNNW 331°413 m11.7 mi
San Bruno Mountain SummitSE 141°371 m5.4 mi
Richardson EastN 360°338.6 m7.0 mi
San Pedro MountainS 182°325 m12.1 mi
Peak 1041N 350°317.297 m7.5 mi
Mount DavidsonESE 107°283 m2.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4819:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5918:3419:09
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525454555557586060605753
Precip in3.94.03.01.40.60.20.00.10.10.92.24.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Oceanside, 2 mi away.

  • Mallard1,384 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,045 obs
  • Great Blue Heron1,039 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird1,015 obs
  • Western Gull762 obs
  • American Coot733 obs
  • White-crowned Sparrow687 obs
  • Ring-necked Duck685 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/86124624

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