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San Jose State Community Garden

San Jose State Community Garden from directly overhead

San Jose State Community Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is San Jose National Bank Gate, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
San Jose State University
Access
Yes

How to reach it

Coordinates37.33354, -121.87796

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • O'Donnell's Gardens Park: 0.2 mi
  • Notre Dame High Pardini Park: 0.4 mi
  • Parque de los Pobladores: 0.5 mi
  • William Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Autumn Terrace Pocket Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens
Attractions
  • Dragon Flyers: 0.9 mi
  • Monopoly in the Park: 0.9 mi
  • Pacific Fruit Express: 0.9 mi
  • Danny the Dragon Train: 0.9 mi
  • Kiddie Swings: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Danny's Place: 0.9 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 0.9 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 0.9 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 1.0 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 1.0 mi
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.5 mi
  • Alum Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.3 mi
  • Lone Hill: 6.5 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 27
Waterfalls: 26
Ghost towns: 12
Beaches: 7
  • Niles beach: 18.3 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.1 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.9 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.2 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of San Jose State Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 86°1,327 m13.7 mi
Observatory PeakE 88°1,298 m12.9 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 86°1,295 m13.8 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 87°1,286 m13.2 mi
Mount HamiltonE 87°1,279 m12.9 mi
Huyghens PeakE 87°1,276 m13.1 mi
Galileo PeakE 85°1,273 m13.4 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 88°1,237 m12.8 mi

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, 3 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel564 obs
  • Western Honey Bee554 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel454 obs
  • Black Phoebe313 obs
  • Canada Goose277 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco243 obs
  • coast live oak231 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird223 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/1307557944

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