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Ponderosa Woods

Ponderosa Woods from directly overhead

Ponderosa Woods is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 40 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Gray Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

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Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.37631, -121.85955
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Penitencia Creek Gardens: 0.1 mi
  • Penitencia Creek Park: 0.2 mi
  • Commodore Park: 0.2 mi
  • Penitencia Creek County Park: 0.3 mi
  • Penitencia Creek Park: 0.3 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Buddha: 1.8 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 2.0 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 2.0 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 2.1 mi
  • Triumph: 2.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Quail Hollow: 2.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 2.7 mi
  • Rustic Lands: 2.8 mi
  • Todd Quick Rest Area: 3.2 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Eagle Rock: 2.8 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Alum Rock: 4.0 mi
  • Dragon Mountain: 6.0 mi
  • Communications Hill: 6.1 mi
Attractions
  • Crooked House: 3.4 mi
  • Pacific Fruit Express: 3.5 mi
  • Saucer Swing: 3.5 mi
  • Keep Around Carousel: 3.5 mi
  • Miner's Maze: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 16
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 10.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 13.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 16.4 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 16.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Niles beach: 16.1 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 16.6 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 16.8 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 20.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Ponderosa Woods. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 99°1,327 m12.8 mi
Observatory PeakESE 101°1,298 m12.1 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 99°1,295 m12.9 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 101°1,286 m12.4 mi
Mount HamiltonE 101°1,279 m12.1 mi
Huyghens PeakE 101°1,276 m12.3 mi
Mount IsabelESE 105°1,275 m13.6 mi
Galileo PeakE 98°1,273 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard125 obs
  • Canada Goose116 obs
  • Turkey Vulture115 obs
  • Black Phoebe99 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird98 obs
  • Southern Masked Chafer89 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel83 obs
  • Western Bluebird77 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/733419480

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