Park · California
William D Wood Park
William D Wood Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Central Reservoir Recreation Area, a park 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Coordinates37.79687, -122.21989
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Central Reservoir Recreation Area: 0.1 mi
- Gwen Jackson Mini Park: 0.4 mi
- Manzanita Park: 0.5 mi
- Morgan Plaza: 0.6 mi
- Dimond Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
- Peralta Hacienda Historical: 0.7 mi
- Cohen Bray House: 1.3 mi
- Rotary Nature Center: 2.1 mi
- Junior Center of Art and Science: 2.1 mi
- Mills College Art Museum: 2.3 mi
Gardens
- Laurel Art Garden: 1.0 mi
- Parkway Cascade Garden: 1.6 mi
- Fig Leaf Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Palmetum: 2.2 mi
- Golden State Bonsai Garden: 2.2 mi
Artworks
- Laurel Space Bears: 1.3 mi
- Beautiful Coffee To The People: 1.4 mi
- Marin Way Murals: 1.4 mi
- Laurel Space Bears: 1.5 mi
- Laurel Space Bears: 1.5 mi
Historic sites
- Brooklyn Memorial: 1.4 mi
- F.M. Smith Mule Train Monument: 1.6 mi
- Joaquin Miller: 1.8 mi
- Coast Guard Working Dogs Memorial: 1.8 mi
- MacArthur Freeway: Most Beautiful Urban Highway in the USA: 1.8 mi
Picnic sites
- Fire Circle: 1.8 mi
- Palo Seco Wedding Site: 2.2 mi
- Fernwood: 2.3 mi
- Circus Party Area: 2.4 mi
- Japanese Party Area: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Castle Canyon: 1.9 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 2.0 mi
- Butters Canyon: 2.1 mi
- Beaconsfield Canyon: 2.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 3.4 mi
Attractions
- Gondola Servizio: 2.3 mi
- Rapunzel's Castle: 2.3 mi
- Hey, Diddle Diddle: 2.3 mi
- Peter Rabbit's Village: 2.3 mi
- Pinocchio's Castle: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- High Street Center: 2.3 mi
- Pine Top: 2.6 mi
- Shellmound: 2.7 mi
- Redwood Peak: 2.8 mi
- Pill Hill: 2.9 mi
Beaches: 43
- Lake Temescal Beach: 3.5 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.7 mi
- Encinal beach: 4.3 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 5.7 mi
- Radio Beach: 5.8 mi
Springs: 26
- El Polín Spring: 12.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.9 mi
- El Polín Spring: 12.9 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 13.9 mi
- Eugene Spring: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 12
- Lynn: 0.8 mi
- Russell City: 11.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 14.5 mi
- Winehaven: 15.2 mi
- Eckley: 17.8 mi
Waterfalls: 11
- Abrigo Falls: 10.9 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 11.9 mi
- Huntington Falls: 14.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 14.2 mi
- Tehan Falls: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Chab: 6.7 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 9.2 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 12.0 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 14.1 mi
- Turtle Rock: 15.7 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 7.8 mi
- Quarters A: 7.8 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 17.0 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 19.5 mi
- Rest Stop: 20.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 17.4 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of William D Wood Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rock 2 | E 82° | 617 m | 8.8 mi |
| Vollmer Peak | N 359° | 581 m | 6.0 mi |
| Las Trampas Peak | ENE 73° | 557 m | 8.8 mi |
| Vail Peak | ENE 78° | 545 m | 9.4 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | N 358° | 540 m | 5.6 mi |
| Round Top | NNE 22° | 531 m | 4.0 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | N 353° | 531 m | 5.9 mi |
| Eagle Peak | ENE 78° | 524 m | 9.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| 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, 2 mi away.
- Monarch436 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron319 obs
- Bermuda buttercup240 obs
- Brown Pelican196 obs
- Mediterranean Spiny False Wolf Spider181 obs
- Western Honey Bee180 obs
- American White Pelican159 obs
- Snowy Egret155 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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