Artwork · California
Folded Circle
Folded Circle is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 146 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north-northeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- steel
How to reach it
Coordinates37.76706, -121.96941
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Memorial Park: 0.6 mi
- San Ramon Central Park: 0.9 mi
- Crow Canyon Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Inverness Park: 1.1 mi
- Mill Creek Hollow: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
- San Ramon School: 0.8 mi
- Mape Memorial Park: 4.5 mi
- Rowell Ranch: 4.9 mi
- The Green Store: 4.9 mi
- Historic Camp Parks Sign: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Bishop Ranch Regional Open Space Preserve: 1.0 mi
- Land Bank: 2.7 mi
- Old Ranch Open Space: 3.6 mi
- Dublin Hills Regional Park: 4.1 mi
- Land Bank: 4.2 mi
Peaks
- Harlan Hill: 2.2 mi
- Dougherty Hills: 2.4 mi
- Wiedemann Hill: 2.4 mi
- Peterson: 2.8 mi
- Boon Hill: 4.3 mi
Gardens
- Rose Garden: 2.5 mi
- Rose Garden: 2.7 mi
- Blackhawk logo: 4.7 mi
- Don Biddle Community Garden: 5.4 mi
- Castro Valley High Scool Garden: 7.3 mi
Artworks
- Elephant statue: 3.7 mi
- Dinosaur sculptures: 3.7 mi
- Diablo Road Stump: 4.7 mi
- The Junction: 4.9 mi
- Conversation: 5.3 mi
Museums
- Blackhawk Natural History Museum: 3.7 mi
- Blackhawk Auto Museum: 3.7 mi
- Museum of the San Ramon Valley: 4.1 mi
- Kolb House: 4.9 mi
- Murray Schoolhouse: 5.0 mi
Picnic sites
- Picnic Grove: 4.9 mi
- Corral Camp: 5.2 mi
- Group picnic zone: 5.3 mi
- Covered picnic zone: 5.3 mi
- Shady: 5.6 mi
Attractions
- Alameda County Fairgrounds: 8.6 mi
- The Old Borges Ranchouse: 8.7 mi
- Jaguar: 9.3 mi
- Mountain Lion: 9.3 mi
- Gray Wolf: 9.3 mi
Springs: 18
- Eugene Spring: 2.8 mi
- Sulfur Spring: 6.2 mi
- Sheepherder Spring: 6.7 mi
- Mineral Spring: 7.4 mi
- Maple Spring: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 16
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 9.6 mi
- Niles beach: 13.2 mi
- Sandy Beach: 13.7 mi
- Lake Temescal Beach: 15.3 mi
- Encinal beach: 17.6 mi
Ghost towns: 12
- Russell City: 12.0 mi
- Acelanus: 12.5 mi
- Stewartville: 14.0 mi
- Nortonville: 14.0 mi
- Somersville: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
- The Devil's Shelf: 4.9 mi
- Turtle Rock: 7.0 mi
- Chab: 9.0 mi
- Mitchell Rock: 10.4 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 15.9 mi
Waterfalls: 4
- Tehan Falls: 6.7 mi
- Abrigo Falls: 15.9 mi
- Murietta Falls: 21.3 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 24.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 21.6 mi
- Quarters A: 21.6 mi
Rest areas: 1
- Rest Stop: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Folded Circle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Diablo | NNE 21° | 1,173 m | 8.5 mi |
| Devil's Pulpit | NNE 22° | 1,110 m | 8.5 mi |
| North Peak | NNE 23° | 1,084 m | 9.5 mi |
| Ransom Point | NNE 20° | 1,037 m | 8.7 mi |
| Mount Olympia | NNE 21° | 898 m | 9.9 mi |
| Eagle Peak | N 10° | 722 m | 9.5 mi |
| Sunol Peak | SSE 166° | 664 m | 10.5 mi |
| Red Leg Peak | NE 53° | 652 m | 10.1 mi |
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, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
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