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We Live Here

We Live Here from directly overhead

We Live Here is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 34 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Parque de Padre Mateo Sheedy, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2004
Material
metal
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.31356, -121.87839
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Parque de Padre Mateo Sheedy: 0.1 mi
  • Roberto Antonio Balermino Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bellevue Park: 0.3 mi
  • Tamien Park: 0.4 mi
  • Cadwallader Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • SND LOT: 0.8 mi
  • San Jose Sharks: 0.8 mi
  • Circle of Heroes: 1.0 mi
  • Remember This: 1.0 mi
  • Braided Full of Sunshine: 1.1 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Danny's Place: 1.1 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 1.1 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 1.2 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 1.2 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Historic El Camino Real: 1.3 mi
  • San Jose National Bank Gate: 1.4 mi
  • Japanese American Internment Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • San Jose/Santa Clara Valley Veterans Memorial: 1.4 mi
  • Twohy Building: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Lone Hill: 5.2 mi
  • Almaden Meadows Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Blossom Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 30
Waterfalls: 25
  • Castle Rock Falls: 13.8 mi
  • Gerow's Waterfall: 15.2 mi
  • Peter's Creek Falls: 15.9 mi
  • Lower Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 16.5 mi
Beaches: 15
  • Niles beach: 19.6 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 21.9 mi
  • Potbelly Beach: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.0 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 14.8 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 22.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of We Live Here. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory PeakE 81°1,298 m13.1 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 81°1,286 m13.3 mi
Mount HamiltonE 81°1,279 m13.1 mi
Huyghens PeakE 81°1,276 m13.2 mi
Galileo PeakE 79°1,273 m13.7 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 82°1,237 m13.0 mi
Black MountainNE 49°1,169 m12.9 mi
Mount DayNE 53°1,163 m12.2 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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/8594655197

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