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Stone Lantern

Stone Lantern from directly overhead

Stone Lantern is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 86 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Memorial Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

One of two traditional Japanese stone lanterns donated by Toyokawa, a sister city of Cupertino.

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Coordinates37.32522, -122.04454
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Memorial Park: 0.0 mi
  • A Quad: 0.3 mi
  • Sunken Garden: 0.3 mi
  • L Quad: 0.3 mi
  • Main Quad: 0.3 mi
Artworks
  • The Guardians: 0.1 mi
  • Trinom: 0.2 mi
  • Beautiful Chaos: 0.2 mi
  • Two As One: 0.3 mi
  • Stellar Motion: 0.3 mi
Museums
Attractions
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
  • Anza Knoll: 1.6 mi
  • Hunters Point: 2.3 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 3.1 mi
  • Nob Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Table Mountain: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
  • Villa Maria Group Picnic Site: 2.1 mi
  • Villa Maria Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Baytree Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 37
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 20
  • Congress Springs: 5.5 mi
  • Spring source: 6.5 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 11.9 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 12.0 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 3.7 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 7.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 19.9 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 20.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Stone Lantern. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSE 145°1,063 m13.9 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 148°1,061 m13.1 mi
Mount BielawskiSSW 201°985 m7.5 mi
Castle RockSSW 203°979 m7.3 mi
The PeakSSW 191°917 m7.5 mi
El SombrosoSE 144°917 m12.5 mi
Lookout TowerSSW 213°892 m6.5 mi
Goat RockSSW 208°890 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13480327833

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