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Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden)

Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden) from directly overhead

Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden) is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 113 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Foothill Horticulture Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

Native Hill was started in 1982 by Robert Will, college horticulture instructor and CNPS county & state leader. Over 160 species of CA native plants including oaks, ceanothus, manzanitas, salvias, and golden currant.

Visiting

What to expect

Access
Yes
Fee
No

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.36085, -122.13123
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Patriot Corner Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
  • Orchard Glen: 2.9 mi
  • Bubb Park picnic area: 2.9 mi
  • Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Redwood Group Area: 4.2 mi
Artworks
Parks
  • Shoup Park: 1.2 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 1.4 mi
  • Purissima Park: 1.4 mi
  • Rosita Park: 1.7 mi
  • Los Altos Hills Dog Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Museums
Attractions
Beaches: 40
Springs: 16
  • Spring source: 3.7 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 8.4 mi
  • Congress Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Summit Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Summit Spring: 10.6 mi
Waterfalls: 16
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 7
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.1 miles of Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE 168°985 m9.7 mi
Castle RockSSE 168°979 m9.3 mi
The PeakSSE 161°917 m10.3 mi
Lookout TowerS 171°892 m8.0 mi
Goat RockS 172°890 m9.3 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSE 161°880 m10.6 mi
Summit RockSSE 168°878 m8.5 mi
Varian PeakS 174°873 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484850525764697068615247
Precip in7.88.06.33.41.30.40.00.10.21.74.68.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skyline Ridge Preserve, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard299 obs
  • California buckeye268 obs
  • California Newt244 obs
  • Mule Deer194 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco179 obs
  • Variable Checkerspot165 obs
  • western jack-o'-lantern132 obs
  • Pacific hound's tongue125 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1266281178

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