- Elevation, modelled
- 5 m
- Tallest summit within 10.7 miles
- Vollmer Peak581 m · 8.7 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:35local time
- Coordinates
- 37.7646, -122.2736
Sandcastle is a picnic site in California, at a modelled 5 m. Vollmer Peak stands 581 m to the north-northeast, 8.7 miles off. The nearest named place is City View, a picnic site 0.1 miles away.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Sandcastle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vollmer Peak | NNE 19° | 581 m | 8.7 mi |
| Chaparral Peak | NNE 19° | 540 m | 8.3 mi |
| Round Top | NE 37° | 531 m | 7.4 mi |
| Grizzly Peak | NNE 15° | 531 m | 8.4 mi |
| Barberry Peak | NNE 25° | 513 m | 7.9 mi |
| Volcanic Peak | NNE 32° | 498 m | 7.7 mi |
| Eureka Peak | NNE 23° | 495 m | 8.6 mi |
| Redwood Peak | NE 55° | 493 m | 6.5 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
Picnic sites
- City View: 0.1 mi
- Mariner's Lagoon: 0.3 mi
- Seawind: 0.3 mi
- Croll's Garden: 0.3 mi
- Neptune: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Crab Cove Marine Reserve: 0.2 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Regional Shoreline: 3.5 mi
- Castle Canyon: 5.6 mi
- Marjorie Saunders Park: 5.7 mi
- Butters Canyon: 5.7 mi
Parks
- Portola Triangle Park: 0.3 mi
- Washington Park: 0.3 mi
- Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach: 0.6 mi
- Rittler Park: 0.7 mi
- Franklin Park: 0.7 mi
Museums
- Pacific Pinball Museum: 0.7 mi
- Alameda Museum: 1.6 mi
- USS Hornet (CV 12): 1.7 mi
- Alameda Naval Air Museum: 1.8 mi
- USS Potomac: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
- First Transcontinental Railroad: 0.8 mi
- ATK Baseball Field: 1.7 mi
- Coast Guard Auxiliary Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Coast Guard Working Dogs Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Harold "Hal" A. Ellis, Jr.: 2.0 mi
Artworks
- Calimar: 1.5 mi
- Beken: 1.8 mi
- Pan American Airways China Clipper: 1.8 mi
- Wave Oculus: 1.9 mi
- Sigame/Follow Me: 1.9 mi
Gardens
- REAP Center: 1.5 mi
- Alameda Point Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Chinese Garden: 2.3 mi
- Lincoln Park Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
Attractions
- S-3 Viking: 1.6 mi
- F-14 Tomcat: 1.7 mi
- F-4 Phantom: 1.7 mi
- Alameda Spite House: 1.8 mi
- Friday Nights @ OMCA with Off the Grid: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Shellmound: 2.4 mi
- High Street Center: 2.6 mi
- Pill Hill: 3.9 mi
- Pine Top: 5.4 mi
- Stony Hill: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 54
- Encinal beach: 1.0 mi
- Sandy Beach: 3.4 mi
- Radio Beach: 4.8 mi
- Toll Plaza Beach: 4.8 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 6.2 mi
Springs: 26
- El Polín Spring: 10.0 mi
- El Polín Spring: 10.1 mi
- El Polín Spring: 10.1 mi
- Old Spring: 15.3 mi
- Eugene Spring: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 8.3 mi
- Huntington Falls: 11.0 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 11.2 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 14.1 mi
- Kent Falls: 18.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Chab: 8.2 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 11.9 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 12.0 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 12.3 mi
- Aramai Point: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 6
- Lynn: 3.4 mi
- Russell City: 10.9 mi
- Stokes Landing: 13.6 mi
- Winehaven: 15.1 mi
- Eckley: 20.4 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 5.7 mi
- Quarters A: 5.7 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 14.4 mi
Rest areas: 2
- Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 16.4 mi
- Rest Stop: 23.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Bird Island Arch: 15.0 mi
Hot springs: 1
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 21.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 64 | 58 | 52 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 1.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oakland Museum, 2 mi away.
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