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Lunar New Year

Lunar New Year from directly overhead

Lunar New Year is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Sponsored by the San Jose Sharks / Designed by Sarah Pham / Empowered by Local Color with support from Tully Road–Eastridge Business Association and GD Commercial Real Estate
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.32321, -121.82418
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Parks
  • Welch Park: 0.2 mi
  • Nisich Park: 0.6 mi
  • Meadowfair Park: 0.8 mi
  • Turtle Rock Park: 0.9 mi
  • Mariposa Park: 0.9 mi
Picnic sites
  • Slide Creek Cabanas: 1.0 mi
  • Picnic Perch: 2.1 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 2.2 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Slide Creek Falls: 1.0 mi
  • Serpentine Slides: 1.0 mi
  • Blue Thunder: 1.0 mi
  • White Lightning: 1.0 mi
  • Little Dipper: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Springs: 32
Waterfalls: 19
Ghost towns: 11
Beaches: 7
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Niles beach: 20.2 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.9 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 13.1 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 14.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 16.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 16.5 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 81°1,327 m10.8 mi
Observatory PeakE 83°1,298 m10.0 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 81°1,295 m10.9 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 82°1,286 m10.3 mi
Mount HamiltonE 83°1,279 m10.0 mi
Huyghens PeakE 83°1,276 m10.2 mi
Mount IsabelE 89°1,275 m11.2 mi
Galileo PeakE 79°1,273 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1431917121

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