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Murphy Street Scene

Murphy Street Scene from directly overhead

Murphy Street Scene is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 42 m. Mount Thayer stands 1,061 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.35658, -122.02462
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Picnic sites
  • Braly Picnic #2: 0.5 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 0.5 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 0.6 mi
  • Central Park Pavillion: 2.9 mi
  • Bubb Park picnic area: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 1.1 mi
  • Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 1.1 mi
  • Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 5.0 mi
  • Ulistac Natural Area: 5.1 mi
  • Stevens Creek County Park: 5.2 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
  • Anza Knoll: 3.2 mi
  • Hunters Point: 4.8 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 5.5 mi
  • Nob Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Ewing Hill: 6.8 mi
Beaches: 34
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 19
  • Congress Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Spring source: 8.1 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 13.1 mi
  • McClure Spring: 13.1 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 10
  • Graffiti Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 9.7 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 9.9 mi
  • The Bluff: 17.8 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 22.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Murphy Street Scene. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ThayerSSE 156°1,061 m14.5 mi
Mount BielawskiSSW 202°985 m10.0 mi
Castle RockSSW 204°979 m9.7 mi
The PeakSSW 195°917 m9.8 mi
El SombrosoSSE 153°917 m13.8 mi
Lookout TowerSSW 211°892 m8.9 mi
Goat RockSSW 207°890 m10.0 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSW 194°880 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586266686868645651
Precip in2.52.92.01.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13182227019

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