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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
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
Nature reserves
Artworks
Historic sites: 56
Beaches: 56
  • 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
Picnic sites: 54
  • 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
  • Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 6.2 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
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 10
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 12.3 miles of Buena Vista Heights. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
San Bruno Mountain SummitS371 m5.6 mi
Richardson EastNNW339 m6.5 mi
Peak 1041NW317 m7.5 mi
Mount DavidsonSSW283 m2.1 mi
Slacker HillNNW282 m5.3 mi
Hawk HillNW281 m5.2 mi
Mount SutroSW278 m1.1 mi
Noe PeakSSW274 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 50–80 °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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