Albany Hill
Albany Hill rises to 91 m in California. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the east, 4.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Albany Hill Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
The story
Albany Hill is a prominent hill along the east shore of San Francisco Bay in the city of Albany, California. Geologically, the hill is predominantly Jurassic sandstone, carried to the western edge of North America on the Pacific Plate and scraped off there in the course of subduction. Albany Hill is part of a range of hills uplifted long before today's Berkeley Hills. These hills include Fleming Point and Point Isabel (their summits dynamited away), Brooks Island, the Potrero San Pablo, and the hills across San Pablo Strait. Albany Hill's indigenous Ohlone name is unknown. The 1772 Fages expedition referred to the landmark as "El Cerrito," and it was named Cerrito de San Antonio by the Luís María Peralta family after the name of their ranch, Rancho San Antonio, a Spanish land grant which encompassed much of the East Bay. The name was changed to Albany Hill shortly after the city incorporated as Ocean View changed its name to Albany in 1909. The adjacent city of El Cerrito was named after the hill's original Spanish name.
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Wikidata Q4709328, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 91 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Albany Hill Park: 0.1 mi
- Creekside Park: 0.2 mi
- Creekside Park: 0.2 mi
- Peggy Thomsen Pierce Street Park: 0.3 mi
- Central Park: 0.5 mi
- Rancho San Pablo-Rancho San Antonio boundary marker: 0.3 mi
- Farms: In West Berkeley?: 1.3 mi
- Rancho Codornices: 1.4 mi
- Site of José Domingo Peralta Adobe: 1.4 mi
- Finnish-American Tercentenary: 2.1 mi
- Omescape: 0.5 mi
- Metallica Mansion: 0.5 mi
- Little Farm: 2.4 mi
- Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round: 2.7 mi
- Rotary Peace Grove: 2.9 mi
- Albany Loop: 0.6 mi
- Long Song: 0.8 mi
- The bulb: 0.9 mi
- Water Goddess: 1.1 mi
- Life: 1.1 mi
- AMS Garden: 0.6 mi
- Village Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Urban Adamah: 0.9 mi
- Peralta Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Karl Linn Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Point Isabel Regional Shoreline: 1.1 mi
- South Richmond Shoreline: 1.7 mi
- Grinnell Natural Area: 2.7 mi
- Tern Nesting: 3.0 mi
- Ecological Study Area: 3.9 mi
- Blake Garden: 1.7 mi
- Eames Institute: 1.7 mi
- Takara Sake Museum: 2.0 mi
- Aftel Archive of Curious Scents: 2.2 mi
- Shorebird Nature Center: 2.3 mi
- William Rust Summit: 2.3 mi
- Holy Hill: 2.7 mi
- Observatory Hill: 2.8 mi
- Wildcat Peak: 2.9 mi
- Tightwad Hill: 3.3 mi
- Indian Camp: 2.4 mi
- Picnic area #3: 2.4 mi
- Picnic Area #1: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Area #2: 2.5 mi
- Meadows: 2.5 mi
- Albany Beach: 0.8 mi
- Lake Anza Beach: 2.9 mi
- Keller Beach: 4.8 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 4.8 mi
- Radio Beach: 5.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 10.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 10.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 10.9 mi
- Old Spring: 12.7 mi
- Worn Springs: 15.6 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 9.0 mi
- Huntington Falls: 12.7 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 12.7 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 13.5 mi
- Dawn Falls: 14.4 mi
- Winehaven: 7.3 mi
- Lynn: 7.6 mi
- Eckley: 12.3 mi
- Russell City: 19.2 mi
- Ambrose: 21.6 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 4.3 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 10.0 mi
- Chab: 14.8 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 15.4 mi
- Rock Fort: 15.4 mi
- Quarters A: 6.8 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 13.4 mi
- Rest Stop: 16.9 mi
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 24.8 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 13.6 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Albany Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | E 100° | 581 m | 4.6 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | ESE 104° | 540 m | 4.6 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | ESE 103° | 531 m | 4.0 mi |
| Round Top | ESE 117° | 531 m | 6.9 mi |
| Barberry Peak | ESE 110° | 513 m | 5.3 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | ESE 113° | 498 m | 6.3 mi |
| Eureka Peak | ESE 102° | 495 m | 5.1 mi |
| Redwood Peak | SE 127° | 493 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:36 |
| 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 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.8 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 2.7 | 5.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358805939
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