Artwork · California
Discoveries
Discoveries is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 61 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east-northeast, 9.4 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 2006
- Material
- marble
How to reach it
Coordinates37.31391, -121.79569
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Discoveries: 0.0 mi
- Discoveries: 0.0 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 1.6 mi
- Lunar New Year: 1.7 mi
- A Monument to the Last Barn: 3.3 mi
Parks
- Aborn Park: 0.1 mi
- Brigadoon Park: 0.6 mi
- Boggini Park: 0.7 mi
- Brigadoon Tot Lot: 0.8 mi
- Florence Park: 0.9 mi
Gardens
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 1.5 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 4.7 mi
- Rose Garden: 4.7 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 4.7 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 5.0 mi
Historic sites
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 1.6 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 1.7 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument: 2.2 mi
- Little Calvary: 3.0 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 3.3 mi
Attractions
- Little Dipper: 1.7 mi
- Slide Creek Falls: 1.8 mi
- Shotgun Falls: 1.8 mi
- Serpentine Slides: 1.8 mi
- Blue Thunder: 1.8 mi
Picnic sites
- Slide Creek Cabanas: 1.7 mi
- Yerba Buena Group site: 2.1 mi
- Buena Vista Group Site: 2.4 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Group Site: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Site: 3.0 mi
Peaks
- Montgomery Hill: 2.3 mi
- Masters Hill: 3.6 mi
- Communications Hill: 4.3 mi
- Alum Rock: 5.1 mi
- Mount Misery: 5.5 mi
Museums
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 3.4 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 3.4 mi
- Chinese American Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
- Portuguese Historical Museum: 3.5 mi
- Viet Museum: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 4.2 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 5.0 mi
- Basking Ridge Conservation Easement: 5.8 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 5.9 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 6.2 mi
Springs: 34
- Santa Teresa Springs: 6.1 mi
- South Spring: 9.2 mi
- Cherry Springs: 10.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 13.7 mi
- McClure Spring: 14.1 mi
Waterfalls: 21
- Lower Falls: 15.8 mi
- Murietta Falls: 15.8 mi
- Granuja Falls: 15.9 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 16.0 mi
- Basin Falls: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 11
- Lexington: 13.3 mi
- Alma: 13.7 mi
- Drawbridge: 14.3 mi
- Wrights: 14.7 mi
- Holy City: 14.8 mi
Beaches: 8
- Del Valle West Beach: 19.1 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 19.4 mi
- Niles beach: 21.6 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 24.3 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 24.4 mi
Cliffs: 6
- The Bluff: 13.4 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 15.5 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 17.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 17.7 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 21.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 23.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Discoveries. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | ENE 76° | 1,327 m | 9.4 mi |
| Observatory Peak | ENE 77° | 1,298 m | 8.6 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | ENE 76° | 1,295 m | 9.5 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | ENE 77° | 1,286 m | 8.9 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | ENE 77° | 1,279 m | 8.6 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | ENE 77° | 1,276 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Isabel | E 85° | 1,275 m | 9.7 mi |
| Galileo Peak | ENE 74° | 1,273 m | 9.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 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: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13168543354
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