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Circles and Stars

Circles and Stars from directly overhead

Circles and Stars is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 50 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Starbird Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2012
Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.30696, -121.96589
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Starbird Park: 0.0 mi
  • Gleason Park: 0.6 mi
  • Payne Avenue Friendship Park: 0.7 mi
  • Dog Park: 1.0 mi
  • Winchester Orchard Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
  • Misora Secret Garden: 1.4 mi
  • School Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Life Lab: 2.6 mi
  • Peace Garden: 3.0 mi
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 2.4 mi
  • Circle Group Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Hunters Point: 5.2 mi
  • Lone Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Nob Hill: 5.6 mi
  • Communications Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 41
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 25
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 8.9 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 9.2 mi
  • The Bluff: 17.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 24.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Circles and Stars. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 160°1,063 m10.8 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 165°1,061 m10.2 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 230°985 m9.1 mi
Castle RockSW 233°979 m9.0 mi
The PeakSW 224°917 m8.4 mi
El SombrosoSSE 161°917 m9.4 mi
Lookout TowerWSW 242°892 m8.9 mi
Goat RockSW 235°890 m9.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:54

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1433144623

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