Garden · California
Education Garden
Education Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 165 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Elephant Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
Coordinates37.35107, -122.16070
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Elephant Mountain: 0.4 mi
- Ewing Hill: 0.8 mi
- Vista Hill: 1.5 mi
- Madera Point: 1.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Hidden Villa: 0.6 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Coal Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area): 2.9 mi
Picnic sites
- Orchard Glen: 1.4 mi
- Patriot Corner Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
- Bubb Park picnic area: 4.6 mi
- EBF Picnic: 4.8 mi
Historic sites
- Foothills Park plaque: 1.5 mi
- Ohlone Indian Village Town of Los Altos Hills Historical Site No. 1: 2.6 mi
- Casa De Tableta: 2.8 mi
- Dwight Crowder Trail Plaque: 3.0 mi
- Gene Sheehan Overlook: 3.2 mi
Gardens
- Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden): 1.8 mi
- Foothill Horticulture Garden: 1.8 mi
- Community Garden: 2.9 mi
- Arastradero Garden: 3.9 mi
- Bol Park Native Plant Garden: 4.4 mi
Attractions
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 1.8 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 5.6 mi
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 5.6 mi
- Towne Trail: 5.8 mi
- Hewlett Packard's Garage: 6.4 mi
Parks
- Purissima Park: 1.9 mi
- Los Altos Hills Dog Park: 2.1 mi
- Shoup Park: 2.8 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 2.9 mi
- Triangle Park: 3.0 mi
Artworks
- Egrets: 2.8 mi
- Cradle of Liberty: 2.8 mi
- Shlama: 2.9 mi
- Musical Gambol: 2.9 mi
- Walter A. Singer: 2.9 mi
Museums
- David C. Daniels Nature Center: 3.0 mi
- Los Altos History Museum: 3.4 mi
- Ohlone Village: 3.7 mi
- Hoover Tower: 5.3 mi
- Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 42
- Tunitas Beach: 13.2 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 13.3 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 13.5 mi
- Martins Beach: 13.7 mi
- Sand Beach: 14.8 mi
Springs: 16
- Spring source: 2.6 mi
- Travertine Springs: 7.8 mi
- Congress Springs: 9.3 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.5 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Peter's Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 5.3 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 7.8 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 9.1 mi
- Butano Falls: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Drawbridge: 12.9 mi
- Lexington: 14.3 mi
- Purissima: 14.5 mi
- Alma: 15.4 mi
- Holy City: 16.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Graffiti Rock: 7.0 mi
- Underworld Rock: 9.3 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 9.4 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 18.4 mi
- China Ladder: 20.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.3 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.3 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Education Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | SSE 157° | 985 m | 9.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSE 157° | 979 m | 9.2 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 152° | 917 m | 10.4 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSE 159° | 892 m | 7.8 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSE 161° | 890 m | 9.0 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SSE 151° | 880 m | 10.6 mi |
| Summit Rock | SSE 156° | 878 m | 8.3 mi |
| Varian Peak | SSE 163° | 873 m | 8.7 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: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 57 | 64 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 52 | 47 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 8.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skyline Ridge Preserve, 3 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard484 obs
- Variable Checkerspot414 obs
- Warrior's Plume383 obs
- Pacific hound's tongue364 obs
- Mule Deer363 obs
- giant wakerobin340 obs
- western jack-o'-lantern337 obs
- California buckeye318 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1128098701
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