Artwork · California
Bird's Eye View
Bird's Eye View is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Edenvale Gardens Regional Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 2006
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates37.26404, -121.82067
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Edenvale Gardens Regional Park: 0.0 mi
- Chynoweth Neighborhood Park: 0.3 mi
- Coy Park: 0.6 mi
- Danna Rock Park: 0.6 mi
- Great Oaks Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
- Historic El Camino Real: 0.7 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.3 mi
- The Pfeiffer Stone House: 3.3 mi
- Gina "Frogquist" Grove: 3.3 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 3.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Cottonwood Lake Group Site: 1.3 mi
- Buena Vista Group Site: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Site: 1.5 mi
- Yerba Buena Group site: 1.7 mi
- north shoreline picnic area: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 2.2 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 3.2 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 4.0 mi
- Basking Ridge Conservation Easement: 4.2 mi
- Tulare Hill Conservation Area: 4.5 mi
Museums
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 2.9 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 4.3 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 4.4 mi
- Portuguese Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
- Chinese American Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
Peaks
- Communications Hill: 3.0 mi
- Montgomery Hill: 4.4 mi
- One Tree Hill: 4.5 mi
- Coyote Peak: 4.5 mi
- Almaden Meadows Hill: 4.6 mi
Attractions
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 3.0 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 4.5 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 4.6 mi
- Barn: 4.8 mi
- Doc's Critter Cave: 4.8 mi
Artworks
- Discoveries: 3.7 mi
- Discoveries: 3.7 mi
- Discoveries: 3.7 mi
- Fuel Tank: 3.7 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 4.0 mi
Gardens
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 5.0 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 5.6 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 5.7 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 6.0 mi
- CNGF Native Plant Farm: 6.7 mi
Springs: 37
- Santa Teresa Springs: 3.0 mi
- Cherry Springs: 7.3 mi
- South Spring: 11.7 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 12.9 mi
- Congress Springs: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 26
- Potbelly Beach: 20.7 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 20.7 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 20.7 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 21.2 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 21
- Lower Falls: 12.4 mi
- Granuja Falls: 12.5 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 12.6 mi
- Basin Falls: 12.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 12.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Graffiti Rock: 13.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 15.1 mi
- Underworld Rock: 15.5 mi
- The Bluff: 17.0 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 21.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 20.2 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 23.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Bird's Eye View. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | ENE 61° | 1,327 m | 11.9 mi |
| Observatory Peak | ENE 61° | 1,298 m | 11.1 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | ENE 62° | 1,295 m | 12.1 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | ENE 61° | 1,286 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | ENE 61° | 1,279 m | 11.1 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | ENE 61° | 1,276 m | 11.3 mi |
| Mount Isabel | ENE 69° | 1,275 m | 11.8 mi |
| Galileo Peak | ENE 59° | 1,273 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1432659483
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- Aptos · 20 mi
- Capitola · 21 mi
- Santa Cruz · 23 mi
- Watsonville · 24 mi
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