Mount Davidson
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Mount Davidson rises to 283 m in California. Montara Mountain North Peak stands 570 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Miraloma Playground, a park 0.2 miles away.
The story
Mount Davidson is the highest natural point in San Francisco, California, with an elevation of 928 feet (283 m). Located on the West Side of the city, Mount Davidson sits south of Twin Peaks and Portola Drive and to the west of Diamond Heights and Glen Park. It dominates the southeastern view from most of Portola Drive. It is one of San Francisco's many hills and one of its original "Seven Hills". Mount Davidson's most notable feature, aside from its height, is the 103-foot (31.4 m) concrete cross situated on the crest of the hill. It is the site of a yearly prayer service, performed on Easter, when the cross is illuminated, and a yearly commemoration of the Armenian genocide, held on April 24. Mount Davidson Park tops the hill, excluding the land at the summit, which is privately owned. The parkland portion is located between Myra Way (east), Dalewood Way (southwest), and Juanita Way (north). Public transportation is provided by the 36 Teresita Muni line, which stops at the Dalewood Way and Myra Way entrance to the park. The residential neighborhoods around Mount Davidson Park are Miraloma Park to the east and Westwood Highlands and Sherwood Forest to the southwest.
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Wikidata Q3321801, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 283 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Miraloma Playground: 0.2 mi
- Marietta Green Space: 0.3 mi
- Edgehill Mountain Open Space: 0.4 mi
- Sunnyside Playground: 0.4 mi
- Glen Canyon Park: 0.6 mi
- Edgehill Heights: 0.5 mi
- Red Rock Hill: 0.8 mi
- City College Hill: 0.9 mi
- Gold Mine Hill: 0.9 mi
- Noe Peak: 1.0 mi
- Solar Totems: 0.7 mi
- Pan American Unity: 0.7 mi
- Olmec Head: 0.8 mi
- This is Ohlone Land: 1.0 mi
- Six Degrees: 1.1 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 0.7 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 3.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 4.5 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
- Twin Peaks Tunnel: 0.7 mi
- Twin Peaks Tunnel: 0.7 mi
- Malcolm Hennicke Crossover: 0.7 mi
- The First Dynamite Factory In America: 0.7 mi
- Diamond Heights Safety Wall: 0.7 mi
- Crags Court Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Crags Court Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Crags Court Community Garden West End: 0.7 mi
- Community Garden: 0.8 mi
- Geneva Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Gregangelo Museum: 0.9 mi
- Seward Street Slides: 1.5 mi
- Pride Barbie Doll Display in private windows: 1.8 mi
- Fake Seagull: 1.8 mi
- Gilbert Baker Memorial Rainbow Flag: 1.9 mi
- GLBT History Museum: 1.8 mi
- Randall Museum: 2.0 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 2.2 mi
- California Academy of Sciences: 2.3 mi
- Daly City History Museum: 2.3 mi
- Fort Funston: 2.9 mi
- San Francisco State Fish and Game Refuge: 8.8 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 8.8 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 9.8 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 9.9 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 3.5 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 4.0 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 4.5 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 4.6 mi
- East Beach: 4.7 mi
- Huntington Falls: 2.4 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 2.4 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 2.7 mi
- Kent Falls: 12.2 mi
- Dawn Falls: 15.1 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.8 mi
- El Polín Spring: 3.9 mi
- Old Spring: 9.0 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 13.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 6.9 mi
- Aramai Point: 9.5 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 13.0 mi
- Vent 5: 13.2 mi
- Chab: 17.7 mi
- Lynn: 12.8 mi
- Winehaven: 14.8 mi
- Russell City: 18.4 mi
- Stokes Landing: 19.5 mi
- Purissima: 23.2 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.9 mi
- Quarters A: 6.9 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 7.5 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 14.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Mount Davidson. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montara Mountain North Peak | S 186° | 570 m | 12.3 mi |
| Peak Mountain | S 188° | 545 m | 12.4 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 165° | 371 m | 3.6 mi |
| Richardson East | NNW 342° | 338.6 m | 8.2 mi |
| San Pedro Mountain | SSW 194° | 325 m | 11.8 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 335° | 317.297 m | 8.9 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NNW 343° | 282 m | 7.0 mi |
| Hawk Hill | NNW 338° | 281 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1658377 — Mount Davidson, San Francisco County, California.
OpenStreetMap element node/358806322
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