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California Bear

California Bear from directly overhead

California Bear is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is San Jose/Santa Clara Valley Veterans Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1980
Material
granite
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.33015, -121.89278
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Monopoly in the Park: 0.1 mi
  • Dragon Flyers: 1.6 mi
  • Danny the Dragon Train: 1.6 mi
  • Pacific Fruit Express: 1.6 mi
  • Kiddie Swings: 1.6 mi
Museums
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Danny's Place: 1.6 mi
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 1.6 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 1.6 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 1.6 mi
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Lone Hill: 6.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Alum Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 7.0 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 26
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.1 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.4 mi
  • The Bluff: 14.1 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Niles beach: 18.2 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 22.6 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of California Bear. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory PeakE 87°1,298 m13.8 mi
Mount HamiltonE 87°1,279 m13.7 mi
Huyghens PeakE 87°1,276 m13.9 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 87°1,237 m13.7 mi
Black MountainNE 55°1,169 m12.9 mi
Mount DayENE 59°1,163 m12.3 mi
Mount UmunhumS 182°1,063 m11.7 mi
Mount ThayerS 187°1,061 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/13168502642

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