Mount Olympus
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Mount Olympus rises to 171 m in California. San Bruno Mountain Summit stands 371 m to the south, 5.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Mt. Olympus, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Mount Olympus is a hill located on Upper Terrace in the Buena Vista neighborhood of San Francisco. It was once considered to mark the geographical center of the city, and was topped off by a statue given by Adolph Sutro, the Triumph of Light, now lost. Only the statue's pedestal remains, and the view from the top is obstructed by trees and condominiums.
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Wikidata Q14683428, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 171 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mt. Olympus: 0.0 mi
- Corbett Slope Community Park: 0.2 mi
- Tank Hill: 0.3 mi
- Al's Park: 0.3 mi
- Sunset Tunnel Park: 0.3 mi
- Tank Hill: 0.3 mi
- Corona Heights: 0.4 mi
- Buena Vista Heights: 0.4 mi
- Kite Hill: 0.4 mi
- Clarendon Heights: 0.7 mi
- Randall Museum: 0.4 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 0.5 mi
- GLBT History Museum: 0.6 mi
- California Academy of Sciences: 1.2 mi
- Gadar Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Windswept: 0.4 mi
- Wildwonder: 0.5 mi
- The Haight Mural: 0.5 mi
- Buena Vista Peace Symbol: 0.6 mi
- The Seed: 0.6 mi
- States Street (Corona Heights) Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Corwin Street Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Golden Gate Park Community Garden: 0.7 mi
- Plot to Grow Art: 0.7 mi
- Camellia Gardens: 0.9 mi
- Fort Funston: 4.3 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 7.3 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 8.2 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 9.1 mi
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 9.2 mi
- East Beach: 3.0 mi
- Crane Cove Beach: 3.2 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 3.2 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 3.7 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 5.0 mi
- Triumph of Light: 0.0 mi
- Adah’s Stairway: 0.6 mi
- Sue Bierman Memorial Grove: 0.7 mi
- William McKinley Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Kendrick Hall: 0.9 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 2.8 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 2.9 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 6.2 mi
- Grateful Dead House: 0.4 mi
- Matter of Trust Eco-Home: 0.4 mi
- Jimmy Hendrix house: 0.5 mi
- Seward Street Slides: 0.5 mi
- Gilbert Baker Memorial Rainbow Flag: 0.5 mi
- Huntington Falls: 1.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 1.9 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 3.4 mi
- Kent Falls: 11.1 mi
- Dawn Falls: 13.7 mi
- El Polín Spring: 2.1 mi
- Old Spring: 7.8 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 12.6 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 13.3 mi
- Rock Springs: 13.7 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 5.3 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.2 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.2 mi
- Vent 5: 12.3 mi
- Rock Fort: 17.0 mi
- Lynn: 11.9 mi
- Winehaven: 13.1 mi
- Russell City: 18.7 mi
- Stokes Landing: 20.1 mi
- Eckley: 24.0 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 5.5 mi
- Quarters A: 5.5 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 5.8 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 6.5 mi
- Temple: 24.7 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 13.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Mount Olympus. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | S 174° | 371 m | 5.3 mi |
| Richardson East | NNW 334° | 339 m | 6.7 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 327° | 317 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SSW 194° | 283 m | 1.8 mi |
| Slacker Hill | NNW 334° | 282 m | 5.5 mi |
| Hawk Hill | NNW 327° | 281 m | 5.4 mi |
| Mount Sutro | WSW 240° | 278 m | 0.7 mi |
| Noe Peak | S 188° | 274 m | 0.8 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358807008
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