Japanese Gardens
Japanese Gardens is a garden in California, at a recorded elevation of 11 m. Morena Sierra stands 731 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is In memory of the 442nd Japanese American Combat Team, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 11 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- In memory of the 442nd Japanese American Combat Team: 0.0 mi
- Morse's Corners: 0.3 mi
- Anza Expedition Historical Marker: 0.4 mi
- Anza Expedition Camp: 1.8 mi
- Spire from old Burlingame City Hall: 1.8 mi
- San Mateo Central Park: 0.0 mi
- de Anza Historical Park: 0.4 mi
- Bay Tree Park: 0.4 mi
- Hayward Park Square: 0.5 mi
- Gateway Park: 0.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Beresford Community Garden: 1.8 mi
- Los Prados Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Burlingame Community Garden: 2.8 mi
- Belmont Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Good Life: 0.4 mi
- The Juggler: 1.8 mi
- Mirror Labyrinth NY - for California: 2.0 mi
- Them (Trying To See What They Saw): 2.0 mi
- Spindrift: 2.1 mi
- Tobin Clark Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Woodridge Open Space: 2.0 mi
- Cottonwood Court Open Space: 2.7 mi
- Strawberry Hill Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Crocker Lake Open Space: 2.8 mi
- Burlingame Hillsborough History Museum: 1.8 mi
- CuriOdyssey: 2.0 mi
- Millbrae Museum: 4.9 mi
- Museum of San Carlos History: 5.0 mi
- Hiller Aviation Museum: 5.1 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Belmont Hill: 4.4 mi
- Brittan Knoll: 5.3 mi
- Ox Hill: 6.2 mi
- Kite Surfing Windsock: 2.2 mi
- Wing Lam gravesite: 5.0 mi
- Public Bocce Court: 6.8 mi
- Lemos Farm: 7.3 mi
- SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO THE INDUSTRIAL CITY: 8.8 mi
- Buckeye Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Meadow Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Lunch Area 1: 4.1 mi
- Lunch Area 2: 4.1 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 1.9 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 1.9 mi
- Naples Beach: 8.9 mi
- Miramar Beach: 9.0 mi
- Vallejo Beach: 9.0 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.5 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.5 mi
- El Polín Spring: 17.5 mi
- El Polín Spring: 17.5 mi
- El Polín Spring: 17.6 mi
- Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 12.1 mi
- Huntington Falls: 16.6 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 16.8 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 20.6 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 22.0 mi
- Aramai Point: 10.2 mi
- Chab: 15.8 mi
- Yellow Bluff: 20.7 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 21.9 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 24.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 9.8 mi
- Russell City: 12.0 mi
- Purissima: 12.2 mi
- Lynn: 17.2 mi
- Drawbridge: 20.2 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 17.1 mi
- Quarters A: 17.1 mi
- Point Bonita Lighthouse: 20.9 mi
- Bird Island Arch: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.9 miles of Japanese Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morena Sierra | S 176° | 731 m | 10.5 mi |
| Allen Lookout | S 173° | 708 m | 12.2 mi |
| Skeggs Point | S 175° | 703 m | 10.5 mi |
| Kings Mountain | S 181° | 637 m | 8.4 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 191° | 637 m | 9.7 mi |
| Teague Hill | S 172° | 612 m | 9.9 mi |
| Scarper Peak | WSW 248° | 592.5 m | 6.2 mi |
| Windy Hill | SSE 163° | 585 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 56 | 57 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 63 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 4.0 | 2.7 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Francisco Intl AP, 5 mi away.
- Mallard475 obs
- Snowy Egret426 obs
- American Crow404 obs
- American Coot393 obs
- Black Phoebe298 obs
- House Finch284 obs
- Willet283 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco249 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.
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