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Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area

Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area from directly overhead

Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area is a rest area in California, at a modelled elevation of 170 m. Morena Sierra stands 731 m to the south-southeast, 9.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away.

Near San Francisco Reservoir

How to reach it

Coordinates37.53862, -122.36425

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Historic sites
Parks
  • Vista Park: 1.3 mi
  • Crossroads Park: 1.4 mi
  • Timberland Park: 2.2 mi
  • Borel Park: 2.4 mi
  • Phoenix Garden: 2.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 2.5 mi
  • Lemos Farm: 4.7 mi
  • Kite Surfing Windsock: 5.0 mi
  • Public Bocce Court: 8.1 mi
  • Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 8.1 mi
Picnic sites
Gardens: 57
Beaches: 57
Waterfalls: 7
Springs: 5
  • Summit Spring: 8.4 mi
  • El Polín Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Spring source: 19.1 mi
  • Old Spring: 23.5 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Aramai Point: 8.8 mi
  • Chab: 18.5 mi
  • Yellow Bluff: 21.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 24.1 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 24.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Natural arches: 1
  • Bird Island Arch: 21.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Morena SierraSSE731 m9.4 mi
Allen LookoutSSE708 m11.1 mi
Skeggs PointSSE703 m9.4 mi
Langley HillSSE677 m15.9 mi
Mount MelvilleSSE672 m16.0 mi
Kings MountainSSE637 m7.1 mi
Bald KnobS637 m8.0 mi
Teague HillSSE612 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:4919:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456576063646565635651
Precip in3.94.02.71.40.50.10.00.00.10.82.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Intl AP, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/97057565

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