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History

History from directly overhead

History is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 10 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Touch, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
granite
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.40049, -121.91829
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Iris Chang Park: 0.1 mi
  • River Oaks Park: 0.7 mi
  • Crescent Village Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Pinewood Park: 0.8 mi
  • Delano Manongs Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Nature reserves
Museums
Attractions
  • Woodstock Express: 2.9 mi
  • Sally's Love Buggies: 2.9 mi
  • Pumpkin Patch: 2.9 mi
  • Thunder Raceway: 2.9 mi
  • Psycho Mouse: 2.9 mi
Picnic sites
Peaks
  • Eagle Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Dragon Mountain: 5.8 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Monument Peak: 6.5 mi
  • Monument Peak Northwest: 6.6 mi
Springs: 22
Waterfalls: 21
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 11.3 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 12.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.6 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 18.2 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Niles beach: 13.2 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 17.5 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 19.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of History. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainENE 78°1,169 m12.2 mi
Mount DayE 83°1,163 m12.0 mi
Rose PeakNE 54°1,163 m13.1 mi
Mount LewisENE 67°1,136 m14.1 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 218°985 m15.6 mi
Castle RockSW 219°979 m15.4 mi
Rattlesnake ButteE 91°960 m15.0 mi
The PeakSW 214°917 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7005173391

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