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The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA ETA Chapter

The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA ETA Chapter from directly overhead

The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA ETA Chapter is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Spartan, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

The Bent of the tau beta pi association national engineering honor society founded in 1885. The bent is the underframe of a trestle which carries the load it symbolizes the ideals and responsibilities of the engineering profession.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.33778, -121.88160
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
Gardens
Parks
Museums
Attractions
  • Monopoly in the Park: 0.9 mi
  • Dragon Flyers: 1.2 mi
  • Pacific Fruit Express: 1.3 mi
  • Danny the Dragon Train: 1.3 mi
  • Kiddie Swings: 1.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 1.3 mi
  • Danny's Place: 1.3 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 1.3 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 1.3 mi
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Alum Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Lone Hill: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 26
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.4 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.9 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.2 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.2 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 18.0 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of The Bent of The Tau Beta Pi Association - CA ETA Chapter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 87°1,327 m13.8 mi
Observatory PeakE 89°1,298 m13.1 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 87°1,295 m14.0 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 88°1,286 m13.4 mi
Mount HamiltonE 89°1,279 m13.1 mi
Huyghens PeakE 89°1,276 m13.3 mi
Galileo PeakE 86°1,273 m13.6 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 90°1,237 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
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

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Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10830684884

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