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Historic Railroad Station

Historic Railroad Station from directly overhead

Historic Railroad Station is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Merrill Street Plaza, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

The Menlo Park Railroad Station, built in 1867, is the oldest operating rail station in California.

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Coordinates37.45473, -122.18250
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Merrill Street Plaza: 0.0 mi
  • Menlo Park Civic Center Complex: 0.2 mi
  • Burgess Park: 0.4 mi
  • Camp Fremont Park: 0.5 mi
  • Nealon Park: 0.5 mi
Gardens
Museums
Artworks
  • Raouli, Where Are You?: 0.2 mi
  • More Silent Than More: 0.3 mi
  • Return on Investment: 0.4 mi
  • Under The Wide Sky We Gather: 0.4 mi
  • Ella: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Portola Journey's End: 0.8 mi
  • Ira E. Bonde commemorative plaque: 0.8 mi
  • Bicentennial Tree recognition: 0.8 mi
  • Bicentennial of Portola Expedition and El Palo Alto tree: 0.9 mi
  • El Camino Real Bell Historic Marker: 1.0 mi
Attractions
  • El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 0.8 mi
  • Tower Well structure (historic): 1.0 mi
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 1.6 mi
  • Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 1.6 mi
  • Hewlett Packard's Garage: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 45
Waterfalls: 15
Springs: 9
  • Summit Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Summit Spring: 7.1 mi
  • Spring source: 9.8 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 15.0 mi
  • Congress Springs: 16.1 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 13.7 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 16.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 16.5 mi
  • Chab: 19.3 mi
  • Aramai Point: 20.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Historic Railroad Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE 163°985 m16.7 mi
Castle RockSSE 163°979 m16.3 mi
The PeakSSE 159°917 m17.4 mi
Lookout TowerSSE 164°892 m14.9 mi
Goat RockSSE 165°890 m16.2 mi
Summit RockSSE 163°878 m15.5 mi
Varian PeakSSE 167°873 m15.9 mi
Black MountainSSE 169°849 m9.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155576166686766615348
Precip in2.93.22.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11817231598

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