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Whale Gate

Whale Gate from directly overhead

Whale Gate is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 38 m. Lookout Tower stands 892 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Cowell Ranch Beach, a beach 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.42242, -122.42958
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Smith Field Park: 1.8 mi
  • Johnson House Historic Site: 1.9 mi
  • Half Moon Bay Station Beach: 2.7 mi
  • Ocean View Avenue Park: 2.8 mi
  • Oak Avenue Park: 3.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 3.1 mi
  • Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 3.2 mi
  • Lemos Farm: 4.2 mi
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 6.3 mi
  • Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 8.3 mi
Peaks
Gardens
  • Quarry Park Community Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Dutch Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Fruit Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Walled Garden: 7.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Picnic sites: 58
Nature reserves: 51
Beaches: 45
Waterfalls: 16
Springs: 6
  • Summit Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Summit Spring: 6.7 mi
  • Spring source: 16.5 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 19.9 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 20.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Aramai Point: 13.3 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 22.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 22.7 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 22.9 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 3
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Whale Gate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout TowerSE 125°892 m21.4 mi
Black MountainESE 115°849 m17.1 mi
Turtle RockSE 124°812 m18.8 mi
Borel HillESE 119°766 m14.5 mi
Morena SierraE 97°731 m6.7 mi
China GradeSE 141°719 m18.6 mi
Allen LookoutESE 108°708 m7.8 mi
Skeggs PointE 97°703 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:22
June solstice05:5019:5620:35
September equinox06:5818:3419:08
December solstice07:2116:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515152535557596059575451
Precip in5.14.73.71.81.00.40.10.20.21.32.45.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Half Moon BAY, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9096638374

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