Picnic site · California
Redwood Picnic Area
Redwood Picnic Area is a picnic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Black Mountain stands 849 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Pines Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- permit
How to reach it
Coordinates37.51593, -122.27970
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Twin Pines Park: 0.1 mi
- College View Mini Park: 0.4 mi
- McDougal Park: 0.5 mi
- Cedar Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Patricia Wharton Park: 0.6 mi
Picnic sites
- Buckeye Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
- Meadow Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Lunch Area 2: 0.5 mi
- Lunch Area 1: 0.5 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
Historic sites
- El Camino Real: 0.4 mi
- Len Turner Memorial Vista Point: 2.4 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 2.7 mi
- City Trees: 3.0 mi
- Pulgas Water Temple: 3.0 mi
Peaks
- Belmont Hill: 0.4 mi
- Brittan Knoll: 1.4 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Eagle Hill: 3.5 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.5 mi
Gardens
- Belmont Community Garden: 0.6 mi
- Los Prados Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Beresford Community Garden: 2.5 mi
- Chartes Garden: 3.6 mi
- Walled Garden: 3.6 mi
Museums
- Museum of San Carlos History: 1.1 mi
- Hiller Aviation Museum: 1.5 mi
- Bill and Jean Lane Education Center: 2.9 mi
- San Mateo County History Museum: 3.4 mi
- Domin Hoskins Black History Museum & Learning Center: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Hidden Canyon Park: 1.4 mi
- Waterdog Lake Open Space: 1.9 mi
- Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Tobin Clark Open Space: 3.7 mi
Artworks
- Mirror Labyrinth NY - for California: 2.0 mi
- The Juggler: 2.1 mi
- Crisantemos: 3.2 mi
- Shalom: 3.3 mi
- Soledad O. De Argüello: 3.3 mi
Attractions
- Public Bocce Court: 3.2 mi
- Kite Surfing Windsock: 4.1 mi
- Wing Lam gravesite: 5.2 mi
- Historic Railroad Station: 6.8 mi
- Lemos Farm: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 51
- Coyote Point Beach: 5.7 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 5.8 mi
- Elmar Beach: 9.7 mi
- Mateo Coast State Beaches: 9.7 mi
- Venice Beach: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 16.0 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 16.8 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 18.1 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 18.7 mi
- Butano Falls: 19.0 mi
Springs: 11
- Summit Spring: 6.4 mi
- Summit Spring: 6.4 mi
- Spring source: 15.4 mi
- Travertine Springs: 20.6 mi
- El Polín Spring: 21.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Aramai Point: 13.6 mi
- Chab: 17.0 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 20.0 mi
- Underworld Rock: 22.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 5
- Stokes Landing: 9.1 mi
- Purissima: 10.8 mi
- Russell City: 12.4 mi
- Drawbridge: 17.1 mi
- Lynn: 19.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 20.6 mi
- Quarters A: 20.7 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 24.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Redwood Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | SSE 152° | 849 m | 15.5 mi |
| Borel Hill | SSE 162° | 766 m | 14.2 mi |
| Morena Sierra | SSW 192° | 731 m | 7.5 mi |
| Allen Lookout | S 186° | 708 m | 8.9 mi |
| Skeggs Point | S 191° | 703 m | 7.4 mi |
| Langley Hill | S 170° | 677 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Melville | SSE 165° | 672 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mindego Hill | S 169° | 653 m | 14.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redwood City, 4 mi away.
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