Peak · California

Vollmer Peak

Vollmer Peak rises to 581 m in California. Rock 2 stands 617 m to the east-southeast, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Golden Gate Live Steamers, a museum 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 581 m

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Coordinates37.88351, -122.22182

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums

Golden Gate Live Steamers: 0.2 mi
Lawrence Hall of Science: 1.4 mi
Badè Museum of Biblical Archaeology: 2.3 mi
Aftel Archive of Curious Scents: 2.6 mi
Berkeley Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive: 2.6 mi

Nature reserves

Peaks

Chaparral Peak: 0.4 mi
Eureka Peak: 0.6 mi
Grizzly Peak: 0.6 mi
Spiral Knob: 0.9 mi
Barberry Peak: 1.1 mi

Picnic sites

Willows Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
Elder: 0.6 mi
Laurel: 0.7 mi
Arroyo: 0.8 mi
Padre: 0.8 mi

Gardens

Bamboo Grove: 1.0 mi
Mediterranean: 1.0 mi
Canary Islands: 1.0 mi
Southern Africa: 1.0 mi
Garden of Old Roses: 1.0 mi

Artworks

Shiing-Shen Chern: 1.3 mi
The throne: 1.3 mi
Accelerator Magnet: 1.3 mi
DNA: 1.4 mi
Pheena the Fin Whale: 1.4 mi

Parks

Charles Lee Tilden Regional Park: 1.3 mi
Terrace View Park: 1.6 mi
John Garber Park: 1.7 mi
Glendale - La Loma Park: 1.9 mi
Grizzly Peak Park: 1.9 mi

Historic sites

Fireplace (ruins): 1.7 mi
Fireplace Plaza: 1.8 mi
Inter County Tunnel: 1.9 mi
Cupola of the Old Chemistry Building: 2.0 mi
Fraternity House - Day: 2.1 mi

Attractions

Sather Tower: 2.1 mi
Tilden Park Merry-Go-Round: 2.2 mi
Mazzariello Labyrinth: 2.7 mi
Little Farm: 2.9 mi
Rotary Peace Grove: 3.2 mi

Beaches34

Springs26

Sulfur Spring: 12.6 mi
Soto Springs: 14.0 mi
El Polín Spring: 14.1 mi
Peach Tree Spring: 14.2 mi
El Polín Spring: 14.2 mi

Waterfalls14

Abrigo Falls: 5.7 mi
Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 15.4 mi
Huntington Falls: 15.9 mi
Rainbow Falls: 16.0 mi
Dawn Falls: 18.9 mi

Ghost towns12

Lynn: 5.7 mi
Winehaven: 11.6 mi
Eckley: 11.8 mi
Russell City: 16.6 mi
Acelanus: 18.0 mi

Cliffs9

East Slope Badlands: 8.8 mi
The Devil's Shelf: 11.1 mi
Chab: 11.7 mi
Yellow Bluff: 14.1 mi
Turtle Rock: 15.1 mi

Lighthouses3

Rest areas1

Rest Stop: 15.3 mi

Natural arches1

Bird Island Arch: 17.7 mi

Hot springs1

Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 22.3 mi

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Vollmer Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Rock 2	ESE 118°	617 m	10.0 mi
Las Trampas Peak	ESE 112°	557 m	9.3 mi
Vail Peak	ESE 114°	545 m	10.1 mi
Chaparral Peak	S 190°	540 m	0.4 mi
Grizzly Peak	W 261°	531 m	0.6 mi
Round Top	SE 145°	531 m	2.8 mi
Eagle Peak	ESE 113°	524 m	10.2 mi
Barberry Peak	SSE 154°	513 m	1.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:13	18:46	19:21
June solstice	05:48	19:56	20:35
September equinox	06:57	18:33	19:07
December solstice	07:22	16:13	16:54

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	51	53	55	57	60	63	64	64	65	63	56	51
Precip in	4.8	5.1	3.8	1.8	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	1.2	2.7	5.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Berkeley, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/358796319

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