- Elevation, modelled
- 87 m
- Tallest summit within 14.3 miles
- Mount Umunhum1,063 m · 13.9 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:33local time
- Coordinates
- 37.3244, -122.0455
The Guardians is a artwork in California, at a modelled 87 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Lantern, a artwork 0.1 miles away.
A statue depicting Matthew Axelson and James Suh, two soldiers from Cupertino killed in action in Afghanistan.
- Material
- bronze
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of The Guardians. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Umunhum | SE 145° | 1,063 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Thayer | SSE 148° | 1,061 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SSW 201° | 985 m | 7.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSW 203° | 979 m | 7.2 mi |
| The Peak | S 191° | 917 m | 7.4 mi |
| El Sombroso | SE 144° | 917 m | 12.5 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSW 213° | 892 m | 6.4 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSW 207° | 890 m | 7.5 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
- Stone Lantern: 0.1 mi
- Trinom: 0.2 mi
- Beautiful Chaos: 0.2 mi
- Two As One: 0.2 mi
- Stellar Motion: 0.2 mi
- Memorial Park: 0.1 mi
- A Quad: 0.2 mi
- Sunken Garden: 0.3 mi
- Main Quad: 0.3 mi
- L Quad: 0.3 mi
- Euphrat Museum of Art: 0.2 mi
- California History Center: 0.3 mi
- Environmental Education Center: 1.2 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 1.2 mi
- Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum: 2.5 mi
- Fujitsu Planetarium: 0.4 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 3.8 mi
- Plaza del Sol: 3.8 mi
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 5.9 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 6.1 mi
- Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge: 0.6 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 0.7 mi
- Arroyo de San Joseph Cupertino: 0.9 mi
- Veterans: 1.9 mi
- St. Joseph's College: 2.5 mi
- Nature Center: 1.0 mi
- McClellan Ranch Community Garden: 1.2 mi
- Drought Demonstration Garden: 2.1 mi
- School Garden: 2.3 mi
- Life Lab: 3.0 mi
- Anza Knoll: 1.6 mi
- Hunters Point: 2.3 mi
- Maisie's Peak: 3.0 mi
- Nob Hill: 3.2 mi
- Table Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Villa Maria Group Picnic Site: 2.0 mi
- Villa Maria Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Baytree Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Stevens Creek County Park: 2.7 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 4.3 mi
- Niles beach: 17.7 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 19.6 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 19.7 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 19.7 mi
- Martins Beach: 20.3 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 6.7 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 7.5 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 10.9 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 13.4 mi
- Congress Springs: 5.5 mi
- Spring source: 6.4 mi
- Travertine Springs: 7.9 mi
- Cherry Springs: 11.9 mi
- Bulls Spring: 11.9 mi
- Lexington: 9.4 mi
- Drawbridge: 10.5 mi
- Alma: 10.6 mi
- Holy City: 12.1 mi
- Patchen: 12.8 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 3.7 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 7.2 mi
- Underworld Rock: 7.4 mi
- The Bluff: 20.0 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 20.2 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 6 mi away.
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