Peak · California
Burns Chalks
Burns Chalks rises to 325 m in California. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Haskins Hill, a peak 0.7 miles away.
The story
mountain in United States of America
Wikidata Q35730606, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 325 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.30050, -122.29025
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Haskins Hill: 0.7 mi
- Mount Ellen: 1.5 mi
- Rays Peak: 2.0 mi
- Goat Hill: 2.4 mi
- Mindego Hill: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites
- Choctaw Youth Camp: 1.1 mi
- Madrone Day Use Area: 5.1 mi
- Tan Oak Day Use Area: 5.2 mi
- Orchard Glen: 7.2 mi
- McGarvey Flat: 9.2 mi
Parks
- La Honda Store State Historic Landmark: 1.6 mi
- Coyote Bowl: 1.6 mi
- The Cone Cult: 1.8 mi
- Heritage Grove Redwood Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Frog Pond Park: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves
- La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Pescadero Creek County Park: 3.5 mi
- Windy Hill Open Space Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Coal Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area): 5.1 mi
- Butano State Park: 6.5 mi
Attractions
- Towne Trail: 3.3 mi
- Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 8.3 mi
- Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 8.4 mi
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 8.8 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 9.1 mi
Artworks
- Old Barn: 4.2 mi
- Dialogue: 4.3 mi
- Stone Head: 7.0 mi
- Woodside Horses: 9.1 mi
- Bike Tree: 10.5 mi
Historic sites
- Ted Norton's Rock: 4.6 mi
- Audry C. Rust Commemorative Site: 5.0 mi
- Gene Sheehan Overlook: 6.0 mi
- Page Mill Site: 6.3 mi
- Dwight Crowder Trail Plaque: 6.7 mi
Museums
- David C. Daniels Nature Center: 5.7 mi
- Carriage Room Museum: 7.8 mi
- Woodside Store: 9.0 mi
- Oil Storage Building: 10.0 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 10.0 mi
Gardens
- Community Garden: 6.1 mi
- Education Garden: 7.9 mi
- Nature Circle: 8.7 mi
- Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden): 9.7 mi
- Foothill Horticulture Garden: 9.7 mi
Beaches: 49
- San Gregorio Beach: 6.4 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 6.6 mi
- Sand Beach: 6.9 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 7.2 mi
- Pescadero Beach: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Butano Falls: 4.3 mi
- Butano Falls: 4.3 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 5.2 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 6.8 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 7.9 mi
Springs: 12
- Spring source: 7.1 mi
- Bulls Spring: 8.6 mi
- Summit Spring: 8.7 mi
- Summit Spring: 8.7 mi
- Travertine Springs: 9.2 mi
Cliffs: 10
- Underworld Rock: 11.8 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 12.0 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 12.0 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 13.6 mi
- China Ladder: 16.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Burns Chalks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | ESE 116° | 985 m | 12.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | ESE 115° | 979 m | 11.8 mi |
| The Peak | ESE 115° | 917 m | 13.3 mi |
| Lookout Tower | ESE 111° | 892 m | 10.6 mi |
| Goat Rock | ESE 116° | 890 m | 11.2 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | ESE 116° | 880 m | 13.5 mi |
| Summit Rock | ESE 111° | 878 m | 11.3 mi |
| Varian Peak | ESE 117° | 873 m | 10.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 57 | 52 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gregorio 2 SE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658179 — Burns Chalks, San Mateo County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806194
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