Artwork · California

Elephant statue

Elephant statue from directly overhead

Elephant statue is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 203 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Dinosaur sculptures, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

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What the record says

Material: metal

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Coordinates37.80118, -121.91767

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks

Dinosaur sculptures: 0.0 mi
Diablo Road Stump: 3.6 mi
Folded Circle: 3.7 mi
Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 5.5 mi
Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 5.7 mi

Museums

Blackhawk Natural History Museum: 0.0 mi
Blackhawk Auto Museum: 0.0 mi
Tassajara School: 3.2 mi
Museum of the San Ramon Valley: 4.7 mi
Mount Diablo State Park Summit Museum: 5.6 mi

Parks

Diablo Vista Park: 0.7 mi
Viewpoint Drive Park: 0.7 mi
Red Willow Park: 1.0 mi
Diablo Vista Field: 1.2 mi
Hidden Crest Park: 1.4 mi

Gardens

Blackhawk logo: 1.4 mi
Rose Garden: 3.2 mi
Rose Garden: 3.5 mi
Don Biddle Community Garden: 6.4 mi
Communuity Garden: 10.2 mi

Peaks

Oyster Point: 3.0 mi
Dougherty Hills: 3.1 mi
Knobcone Point: 3.1 mi
Artist Point: 3.3 mi
Cave Point: 3.4 mi

Picnic sites

Uplands: 3.3 mi
Big Rock: 3.5 mi
Grotto: 3.5 mi
Horseshoe Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
Arroyo Picnic Area: 3.5 mi

Historic sites

San Ramon School: 3.8 mi
All Wars Memorial: 4.7 mi
Historic Green Ranch Site: 4.8 mi
Highland Ridge Lookout: 5.5 mi
Fages Trail: 5.9 mi

Nature reserves

Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space Preserve: 4.6 mi
Old Ranch Open Space: 4.7 mi
Brown Ranch Mitigation Lands: 4.9 mi
Land Bank: 4.9 mi
Schwartz Property: 5.4 mi

Attractions

The Old Borges Ranchouse: 7.7 mi
Alameda County Fairgrounds: 9.9 mi
Livermorium Atom: 11.6 mi
Turkey Vulture: 12.1 mi
Jaguar: 12.5 mi

Springs18

Sulfur Spring: 3.1 mi
Sheepherder Spring: 3.8 mi
Maple Spring: 5.1 mi
Mineral Spring: 5.2 mi
Shady Spring: 5.5 mi

Beaches13

Shadow Cliffs Beach: 9.9 mi
Niles beach: 16.1 mi
Sandy Beach: 16.9 mi
Lake Temescal Beach: 17.4 mi
Kite beach: 19.1 mi

Ghost towns12

Acelanus: 9.6 mi
Stewartville: 10.7 mi
Nortonville: 11.0 mi
Somersville: 11.2 mi
West Hartley: 11.2 mi

Cliffs6

Turtle Rock: 4.8 mi
The Devil's Shelf: 7.3 mi
Mitchell Rock: 8.1 mi
Chab: 12.5 mi
Del Valle Cliffs: 15.5 mi

Waterfalls3

Tehan Falls: 8.9 mi
Abrigo Falls: 16.3 mi
Murietta Falls: 21.5 mi

Lighthouses2

Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
Quarters A: 24.3 mi

Rest areas1

Rest Stop: 22.4 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Elephant statue. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Diablo	N 2°	1,173 m	5.6 mi
Devil's Pulpit	N 3°	1,110 m	5.6 mi
North Peak	N 8°	1,084 m	6.4 mi
Ransom Point	N 1°	1,037 m	5.8 mi
Mount Olympia	N 7°	898 m	6.9 mi
Eagle Peak	N 351°	722 m	7.1 mi
Sunol Peak	S 181°	664 m	12.5 mi
Red Leg Peak	NE 55°	652 m	6.4 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:12	18:45	19:20
June solstice	05:47	19:55	20:34
September equinox	06:56	18:32	19:06
December solstice	07:20	16:12	16:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Mar–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	48	48	50	53	59	66	72	72	70	63	53	47
Precip in	5.1	4.9	3.7	1.9	1.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.1	1.2	2.6	5.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Diablo Junction, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9417586887

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