Artwork · California
Toad's Book Club
Toad's Book Club is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Water-wise Demonstration Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1999
What to expect
How to reach it
Coordinates37.39009, -122.08341
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Water-wise Demonstration Garden: 0.0 mi
- Sister City Friendship rock garden: 0.1 mi
- Senior Center Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Cuesta Pollinator Habitat: 1.2 mi
- Soil&Water Garden: 1.7 mi
Artworks
- A Tribute To American Resolve: 0.0 mi
- Boy and Girl Playing in the Calla Lilly Field: 0.1 mi
- Reverse Coriolis: 0.3 mi
- Window to the World: 0.4 mi
- The Baggage Cart: 0.5 mi
Parks
- Pioneer Park: 0.0 mi
- Eagle Park: 0.2 mi
- Dana Park: 0.3 mi
- Gateway Park: 0.3 mi
- Mercy-Bush Park: 0.3 mi
Picnic sites
- Bubb Park picnic area: 0.9 mi
- Patriot Corner Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
- Redwood Group Area: 2.7 mi
- Redwood Individual Area: 2.7 mi
- Pine Grove Group Area: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
- Blue and Gold Kennel Club: 1.6 mi
- J. Gilbert Smith House: 1.7 mi
- Birthplace of Silicon Valley, 1956: 1.8 mi
- Shenandoah Plaza: 1.9 mi
- Secundino Robles Adobe Site: 2.1 mi
Museums
- Los Altos History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Computer History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Moffett Field Model Railroad Club: 2.2 mi
- Moffett Field Historical Society Museum: 2.2 mi
- The Foster Museum: 2.5 mi
Attractions
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 2.2 mi
- Plaza del Sol: 3.0 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 3.0 mi
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 4.4 mi
- Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 5.0 mi
Peaks
- Coyote Hill: 3.6 mi
- Anza Knoll: 4.2 mi
- Ewing Hill: 4.7 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 4.8 mi
- Vista Hill: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 41
- Niles beach: 13.7 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 17.6 mi
- Martins Beach: 17.9 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 18.0 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 18.2 mi
Springs: 17
- Spring source: 6.8 mi
- Congress Springs: 10.1 mi
- Travertine Springs: 10.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 12.5 mi
- Summit Spring: 12.5 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Peter's Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 8.8 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 11.4 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 12.3 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 16.0 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Drawbridge: 7.9 mi
- Lexington: 14.4 mi
- Stokes Landing: 14.5 mi
- Alma: 15.6 mi
- Holy City: 17.1 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Graffiti Rock: 7.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 11.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 11.4 mi
- The Bluff: 19.4 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 22.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 23.5 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 23.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.7 miles of Toad's Book Club. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | S 183° | 985 m | 11.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | S 184° | 979 m | 11.2 mi |
| The Peak | S 177° | 917 m | 11.8 mi |
| Lookout Tower | S 188° | 892 m | 10.0 mi |
| Goat Rock | S 187° | 890 m | 11.3 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | S 176° | 880 m | 12.1 mi |
| Summit Rock | S 185° | 878 m | 10.4 mi |
| Varian Peak | S 189° | 873 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/13168499352
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