Rainbow Falls
Rainbow Falls is a waterfall in California, at a recorded elevation of 87 m. Bare Knoll stands 478 m to the northwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Naga, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Waterfall in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, USA.
Wikidata Q119851598, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 87 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Naga: 0.0 mi
- Rooted (In)Justice: 0.1 mi
- Tune In: 0.1 mi
- Thank You Teachers: 0.3 mi
- Street Whale: 0.3 mi
- Golden Gate Park: 0.3 mi
- Argonne Community Garden: 0.3 mi
- Fulton Playground: 0.5 mi
- Argonne Playground: 0.5 mi
- Music Concourse: 0.6 mi
- Strawberry Hill: 0.3 mi
- Heidelberg Hill: 0.6 mi
- Grand View Hill: 1.1 mi
- Mount Sutro: 1.5 mi
- Ignatius Heights: 1.5 mi
- Chinese Pavillion: 0.3 mi
- Japanese Tea Garden: 0.4 mi
- San Francisco Botanical Garden: 0.5 mi
- Spreckels Temple of Music: 0.5 mi
- Conservatory of Flowers: 1.0 mi
- California Academy of Sciences: 0.7 mi
- Legion of Honor: 1.5 mi
- Counterculture Museum: 1.7 mi
- Gadar Memorial: 1.8 mi
- San Francisco Fire Department Pioneer Museum: 2.0 mi
- Fort Funston: 3.8 mi
- Cypress Ridge Open Space: 6.2 mi
- Old Hilary's Botanical Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Richardson Bay Audubon Sanctuary: 8.2 mi
- Aramburu Island: 8.2 mi
- Mile Rock Beach: 1.9 mi
- Marshall's Beach: 2.1 mi
- East Beach: 2.8 mi
- Black Sands Beach: 4.0 mi
- Phillip Burton Memorial Beach: 4.7 mi
- Pioneer Log Cabin: 0.2 mi
- Pioneer Mother Monument: 0.2 mi
- Trees from 13 Colonies: 0.2 mi
- Sweeny Observatory Ruins: 0.3 mi
- T.G. Masaryk: 0.4 mi
- Argonne School Native Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 0.2 mi
- Argonne School Edible Garden and Outdoor Classroom: 0.2 mi
- Zellenbach Garden of Perennials: 0.4 mi
- Andean Cloud Forest Garden: 0.4 mi
- Children's Garden: 0.4 mi
- Udo & Jürgen's place: 1.2 mi
- West Portal Playground Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Picnic Pod A: 2.5 mi
- Greg & Bev James Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
- Bicentennial Campground picnic area: 4.6 mi
- Huntington Falls: 0.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 4.9 mi
- Kent Falls: 9.5 mi
- Dawn Falls: 12.4 mi
- Laurel Dell Falls: 13.4 mi
- El Polín Spring: 1.9 mi
- Old Spring: 6.3 mi
- Lone Tree Spring: 11.0 mi
- Red Rock Spring: 11.6 mi
- Rock Springs: 12.1 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 4.5 mi
- Vent 5: 10.6 mi
- East Slope Badlands: 11.4 mi
- Aramai Point: 11.5 mi
- Rock Fort: 15.8 mi
- Winehaven: 12.9 mi
- Lynn: 13.5 mi
- Russell City: 20.5 mi
- Stokes Landing: 21.9 mi
- Eckley: 24.6 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 4.1 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
- Quarters A: 6.8 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 4.8 mi
- Temple: 22.9 mi
- Keyhole: 23.4 mi
- Steep Ravine Hot Spring: 11.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.8 miles of Rainbow Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bare Knoll | NW 320° | 478 m | 11.8 mi |
| Wooded Knoll | NW 319° | 465 m | 11.8 mi |
| Cardiac Hill | NW 322° | 413 m | 11.0 mi |
| San Bruno Mountain Summit | SSE 158° | 371 m | 6.3 mi |
| Richardson East | NNW 348° | 339 m | 5.6 mi |
| Peak 1041 | NNW 337° | 317 m | 6.3 mi |
| Mount Davidson | SSE 149° | 283 m | 2.7 mi |
| Slacker Hill | N 352° | 282 m | 4.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:57 | 20:36 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:22 | 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 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 56 | 58 | 60 | 60 | 62 | 63 | 62 | 57 | 53 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.6 | 4.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Dwtn, 3 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–Mar — fullest in Feb, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 30.2 | 30.4 | 20.0 | 9.5 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 23.1 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Redwood C A Hwy 1 Bridge A Muir Beach CA, 9 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/11016776705
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