Garden · California
Arastradero Garden
Arastradero Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Terman Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Palo Alto
How to reach it
Coordinates37.40177, -122.12841
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Terman Park: 0.2 mi
- Briones Park: 0.4 mi
- Monroe Park: 0.8 mi
- Fayette Greenway: 0.8 mi
- Bol Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Mayfield Fire Bell: 0.4 mi
- Juana Briones Park: 0.4 mi
- Birthplace of Silicon Valley, 1956: 1.0 mi
- Mayfield Farm, Homesite of Sarah Wallis: 1.0 mi
- Secundino Robles Adobe Site: 1.1 mi
Artworks
- Mosaic Tree: 0.8 mi
- Mosaic Horse: 1.0 mi
- Birthplace of the Silicon Valley: 1.0 mi
- Aperture #2: 1.1 mi
- Smoke: 1.4 mi
Gardens
- Bol Park Native Plant Garden: 1.0 mi
- Ventura Garden: 1.1 mi
- El Carmelo School Native Habitat Garden: 1.6 mi
- S.T.A. Parish Pastoral Garden: 1.8 mi
- Senior Center Community Garden: 2.0 mi
Peaks
- Coyote Hill: 1.1 mi
- Vista Hill: 3.8 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Madera Point: 4.0 mi
- Ewing Hill: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites
- Redwood Group Area: 1.5 mi
- Redwood Individual Area: 1.5 mi
- Pine Grove Group Area: 1.5 mi
- Arbor Group Area: 1.6 mi
- East Meadow Group Area: 1.6 mi
Museums
- Los Altos History Museum: 1.7 mi
- The Foster Museum: 2.2 mi
- Hoover Tower: 2.8 mi
- Computer History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 2.0 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Hidden Villa: 4.5 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 4.7 mi
Attractions
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 2.5 mi
- Hewlett Packard's Garage: 3.2 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 3.3 mi
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 3.4 mi
- Tower Well structure (historic): 3.7 mi
Beaches: 46
- Niles beach: 14.0 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 15.3 mi
- Martins Beach: 15.5 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 15.8 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 16.1 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Peter's Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 8.9 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 11.7 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 12.2 mi
- Butano Falls: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Drawbridge: 9.5 mi
- Stokes Landing: 13.3 mi
- Purissima: 15.8 mi
- Lexington: 16.1 mi
- Russell City: 17.3 mi
Springs: 13
- Spring source: 6.4 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.9 mi
- Travertine Springs: 11.2 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Graffiti Rock: 9.2 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 12.2 mi
- Underworld Rock: 12.3 mi
- The Bluff: 21.4 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 22.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.5 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Arastradero Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | S 171° | 985 m | 12.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | S 172° | 979 m | 12.1 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 166° | 917 m | 13.0 mi |
| Lookout Tower | S 174° | 892 m | 10.8 mi |
| Goat Rock | S 175° | 890 m | 12.0 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SSE 166° | 880 m | 13.3 mi |
| Summit Rock | S 172° | 878 m | 11.2 mi |
| Varian Peak | S 177° | 873 m | 11.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 53 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 3 mi away.
- Monarch354 obs
- Western Honey Bee259 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco255 obs
- Western Fence Lizard242 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle218 obs
- American Crow212 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel206 obs
- coast redwood175 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1172203540
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