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Where the Tree is Born

Where the Tree is Born from directly overhead

Where the Tree is Born is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Backesto Fountain, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
granite
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.34966, -121.88741
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.1 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.1 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.1 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.1 mi
Parks
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.1 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 5.9 mi
  • Alum Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 24
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.4 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.8 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 14.1 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.4 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 17.1 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.9 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Where the Tree is Born. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 91°1,327 m14.1 mi
Observatory PeakE 92°1,298 m13.4 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 92°1,286 m13.7 mi
Mount HamiltonE 92°1,279 m13.4 mi
Huyghens PeakE 92°1,276 m13.6 mi
Galileo PeakE 89°1,273 m13.9 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 93°1,237 m13.4 mi
Black MountainENE 59°1,169 m11.9 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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/12756407938

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