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Rip Roaring Rapids

Rip Roaring Rapids from directly overhead

Rip Roaring Rapids is an attraction in California, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Flight Deck, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.39776, -121.97193
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Picnic sites
Parks
  • Fuller Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • Santa Clara Youth Soccer Park: 0.6 mi
  • Agnew Park: 0.6 mi
  • Fairway Glen Park: 0.8 mi
  • Silva Parklet: 0.8 mi
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
  • Anza Knoll: 7.3 mi
  • Dragon Mountain: 8.2 mi
  • Monument Peak: 8.4 mi
  • Monument Peak Northwest: 8.4 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 17
  • McClure Spring: 9.1 mi
  • Congress Springs: 11.5 mi
  • Spring source: 11.9 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 14.3 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Beaches: 11
  • Niles beach: 12.6 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.7 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.8 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Rip Roaring Rapids. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainE 79°1,169 m15.1 mi
Mount DayE 84°1,163 m15.0 mi
Mount BielawskiSSW 209°985 m13.8 mi
Castle RockSSW 210°979 m13.5 mi
The PeakSSW 204°917 m13.5 mi
Antler PointE 95°913 m14.7 mi
Lookout TowerSW 216°892 m12.9 mi
Goat RockSSW 213°890 m13.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6835869367

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