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Garden Clock

Garden Clock from directly overhead

Garden Clock is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Mount Oso stands 1,024 m to the west-southwest, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is 10th Street Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
City of Modesto
Access
Yes
Fee
No

How to reach it

Coordinates37.64182, -121.00132

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • 10th Street Plaza: 0.1 mi
  • McClatchy Square: 0.4 mi
  • Graceada Park: 0.4 mi
  • Enslen Park: 0.6 mi
  • César E. Chavez Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 17
Artworks: 13
Gardens: 9
Peaks: 6
Ghost towns: 3
Nature reserves: 3
Attractions: 3
Springs: 2
  • Churchs Spring: 23.7 mi
  • Lone Tree Mineral Spring: 24.8 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Finnegan Falls: 12.6 mi
Beaches: 1
Cliffs: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Garden Clock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount OsoWSW 246°1,024 m22.4 mi
Copper MountainSW 228°807 m23.1 mi
Hog HillNE 37°395 m24.4 mi
Quail HillNE 38°337 m24.7 mi
Iron MountainNE 47°298 m24.0 mi
Crow HillSSW 202°213 m21.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0818:4219:16
June solstice05:4419:5120:30
September equinox06:5318:2819:03
December solstice07:1616:0916:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257616875797874655547
Precip in2.62.21.81.00.70.20.00.00.10.51.12.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Modesto AP, 3 mi away.

  • Western Black Widow22 obs
  • Half-edged Wall Jumping Spider15 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay12 obs
  • valley oak11 obs
  • Western Honey Bee10 obs
  • Western Hardwood Sulphur Shelf10 obs
  • Arizona Mantis10 obs
  • Western Tiger Swallowtail9 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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1284982254

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