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Buena Vista Heights

Buena Vista Heights rises to 173 m in California. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Buena Vista Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q35730125, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
173 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.76776, -122.44157

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Corona Heights: 0.2 mi
  • Mount Olympus: 0.4 mi
  • Tank Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Kite Hill: 0.7 mi
  • Alamo Heights: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Grateful Dead House: 0.3 mi
  • Jimmy Hendrix house: 0.4 mi
  • Mish House: 0.4 mi
  • Matter of Trust Eco-Home: 0.5 mi
  • Gilbert Baker Memorial Rainbow Flag: 0.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Picnic Pod A: 2.6 mi
  • Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
  • East Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Crane Cove Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Marshall's Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Mile Rock Beach: 3.8 mi
  • Black Sands Beach: 5.3 mi
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 13
Cliffs: 7
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 2
  • Bird Island Arch: 6.5 mi
  • Temple: 24.6 mi
Hot springs: 1
  • Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Buena Vista Heights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Bruno Mountain SummitS 177°371 m5.6 mi
Richardson EastNNW 332°338.6 m6.5 mi
Peak 1041NW 324°317.297 m7.5 mi
Mount DavidsonSSW 197°283 m2.1 mi
Slacker HillNNW 331°282 m5.3 mi
Hawk HillNW 323°281 m5.2 mi
Mount SutroSW 232°278 m1.1 mi
Noe PeakSSW 197°274 m1.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5720:36
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2216:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525456565860606263625753
Precip in4.44.43.21.60.70.20.00.10.10.92.64.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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OpenStreetMap element node/358803216

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