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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

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Coordinates37.53862, -122.36425

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Black Mountain: 0.8 mi
Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.8 mi
Ox Hill: 3.4 mi
Scarper Peak: 3.5 mi
Belmont Hill: 5.2 mi

Nature reserves

Historic sites

Carolands: 1.2 mi
Anza Expedition Camp: 2.5 mi
Anza Expedition Historical Marker: 2.6 mi
In memory of the 442nd Japanese American Combat Team: 2.8 mi
Spire from old Burlingame City Hall: 2.9 mi

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

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

Gardens

Beresford Community Garden: 2.7 mi
Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
Japanese Gardens: 2.8 mi
Burlingame Community Garden: 3.6 mi
Belmont Community Garden: 4.3 mi

Artworks

Good Life: 3.0 mi
The Juggler: 3.4 mi
Mirror Labyrinth NY - for California: 3.6 mi
Them (Trying To See What They Saw): 3.8 mi
These Sharing Eyes: 3.8 mi

Museums

Burlingame Hillsborough History Museum: 3.0 mi
CuriOdyssey: 4.3 mi
Millbrae Museum: 4.7 mi
Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum: 5.4 mi
Museum of San Carlos History: 6.0 mi

Picnic sites

Lunch Area 1: 4.7 mi
Lunch Area 2: 4.8 mi
Redwood Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
Buckeye Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
Meadow Picnic Area: 5.0 mi

Beaches58

Aardvark Beach: 3.8 mi
Coyote Point Beach: 4.1 mi
Naples Beach: 6.1 mi
Miramar Beach: 6.1 mi
Dunes Beach: 6.2 mi

Springs8

Summit Spring: 8.4 mi
Summit Spring: 8.4 mi
El Polín Spring: 18.2 mi
El Polín Spring: 18.3 mi
El Polín Spring: 18.3 mi

Waterfalls8

Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 12.9 mi
Huntington Falls: 17.0 mi
Rainbow Falls: 17.3 mi
Peter's Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
Butano Falls: 20.7 mi

Cliffs5

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 towns5

Purissima: 9.8 mi
Stokes Landing: 12.5 mi
Russell City: 14.9 mi
Lynn: 19.5 mi
Drawbridge: 22.0 mi

Lighthouses3

Natural arches1

Bird Island Arch: 21.9 mi

On the horizon

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.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Morena Sierra	SSE 161°	731 m	9.4 mi
Allen Lookout	SSE 160°	708 m	11.1 mi
Skeggs Point	SSE 160°	703 m	9.4 mi
Langley Hill	SSE 154°	677 m	15.9 mi
Mount Melville	SSE 150°	672 m	16.0 mi
Kings Mountain	SSE 162°	637 m	7.1 mi
Bald Knob	S 176°	637 m	8.0 mi
Teague Hill	SSE 156°	612 m	8.9 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:14	18:47	19:22
June solstice	05:49	19:56	20:35
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: year-round.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	51	54	56	57	60	63	64	65	65	63	56	51
Precip in	3.9	4.0	2.7	1.4	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.8	2.0	4.1

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/97057565

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