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A Monument to the Last Barn

A Monument to the Last Barn from directly overhead

A Monument to the Last Barn is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 32 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Emma Prusch Farm Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2006
Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.33916, -121.84569
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Emma Prusch Farm Park: 0.1 mi
  • Zolezzi Park: 0.6 mi
  • Parque De La Amistad: 0.6 mi
  • Bonita Park: 0.7 mi
  • McLaughlin Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Crooked House: 1.3 mi
  • Keep Around Carousel: 1.3 mi
  • Saucer Swing: 1.3 mi
  • Leaping Lemurs: 1.3 mi
  • Animal Contact Area: 1.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Perch: 1.3 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 1.4 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 1.4 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 1.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
Peaks
Nature reserves
Springs: 30
Waterfalls: 19
  • Murietta Falls: 15.2 mi
  • Castle Rock Falls: 16.3 mi
  • Gerow's Waterfall: 17.3 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.7 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 17.9 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 12.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 13.3 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.6 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.9 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Del Valle West Beach: 18.5 mi
  • Niles beach: 18.7 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.9 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 24.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of A Monument to the Last Barn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 87°1,327 m11.9 mi
Observatory PeakE 89°1,298 m11.1 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 88°1,295 m12.0 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 89°1,286 m11.4 mi
Mount HamiltonE 89°1,279 m11.1 mi
Huyghens PeakE 89°1,276 m11.3 mi
Mount IsabelE 94°1,275 m12.4 mi
Galileo PeakE 86°1,273 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1432661579

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