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Hakone Gardens

Hakone Gardens from directly overhead

Hakone Gardens is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 196 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Quarry Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

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Coordinates37.25257, -122.04215
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Italianate Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Life Lab: 3.3 mi
  • Nature Center: 4.1 mi
Picnic sites
  • Longbridge: 1.5 mi
  • Redwood Grove: 1.5 mi
  • Cathedral Grove: 1.6 mi
  • Cooley: 2.6 mi
  • LCCC Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Artworks
  • The Cats: 3.9 mi
  • Portals and Passages: 4.1 mi
  • Eolian: 4.1 mi
  • The Readers: 4.6 mi
  • The Dancers: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 58
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 19
  • Congress Springs: 0.9 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 5.5 mi
  • Spring source: 7.8 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 8.3 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 9.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
Ghost towns: 13
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 20.3 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 20.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 21.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Hakone Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSE 129°1,063 m10.1 mi
Mount ThayerSE 132°1,061 m9.1 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 234°985 m3.5 mi
Castle RockWSW 241°979 m3.4 mi
The PeakSW 215°917 m2.8 mi
El SombrosoSE 125°917 m8.9 mi
Lookout TowerW 264°892 m3.7 mi
Goat RockWSW 245°890 m4.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Slender Salamander217 obs
  • Rough-skinned Newt217 obs
  • Mule Deer207 obs
  • coast redwood190 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard184 obs
  • Pacific poison oak183 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco182 obs
  • Wild Turkey177 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/81104816

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