Forge Garden
Forge Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Mount Day stands 1,163 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Historic El Camino Real, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Santa Clara University
- Access
- Customers only
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Historic El Camino Real: 0.1 mi
- Santa Clara Tower: 0.1 mi
- Santa Clara Interlocking Tower: 0.1 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 0.7 mi
- Carmelite Monastery ~ Bond Ranch: 0.8 mi
- South Bay Historical Railroad Society: 0.2 mi
- de Saisset Museum: 0.2 mi
- Triton Museum of Art: 0.9 mi
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: 2.5 mi
- Little Italy Museum and Cultural Center: 2.5 mi
- Cesar Chavez Commons: 0.2 mi
- Larry J. Marsalli Park: 0.3 mi
- City Plaza Park: 0.5 mi
- Reed & Grant Sports Park: 0.5 mi
- Fremont Park: 0.7 mi
- Mission Gardens: 0.3 mi
- Juju’s Garden: 1.3 mi
- Peace Garden: 1.6 mi
- Courtyard Garden: 1.8 mi
- PayPal Garden: 1.8 mi
- Bronco Statue: 0.3 mi
- eCloud: 1.2 mi
- Space Observer: 1.2 mi
- XO: 1.2 mi
- A History of San José, California’s “First” City: 1.2 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 1.6 mi
- Monopoly in the Park: 3.0 mi
- Tiki Twirl: 3.3 mi
- The Grizzly: 3.3 mi
- Psycho Mouse: 3.3 mi
- Central Park Pavillion: 2.1 mi
- Backesto One Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.3 mi
- Braly Picnic #3: 4.5 mi
- Danny's Place: 4.5 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 3.8 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 3.8 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 5.9 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 7.5 mi
- Communications Hill: 6.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 7.4 mi
- Anza Knoll: 7.5 mi
- Lone Hill: 7.7 mi
- Hunters Point: 7.7 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 12.6 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 12.8 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 13.2 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 17.0 mi
- Murietta Falls: 17.5 mi
- Congress Springs: 9.8 mi
- McClure Spring: 11.2 mi
- Cherry Springs: 11.4 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 11.8 mi
- Spring source: 12.5 mi
- Drawbridge: 8.0 mi
- Lexington: 11.1 mi
- Alma: 12.1 mi
- Holy City: 13.7 mi
- Patchen: 14.2 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 9.1 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 12.1 mi
- Underworld Rock: 12.3 mi
- The Bluff: 14.4 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 21.7 mi
- Niles beach: 16.0 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 20.6 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 20.7 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.6 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 23.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Forge Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Day | ENE 70° | 1,163 m | 13.9 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | S 170° | 1,063 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Thayer | S 175° | 1,061 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SW 223° | 985 m | 12.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 225° | 979 m | 12.1 mi |
| The Peak | SW 218° | 917 m | 11.7 mi |
| El Sombroso | S 172° | 917 m | 12.1 mi |
| Antler Point | E 81° | 913 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 1 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel970 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird332 obs
- Monarch314 obs
- House Finch308 obs
- Western Honey Bee285 obs
- American Crow276 obs
- Black Phoebe261 obs
- Mourning Dove256 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/481307275
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