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Ventura Garden

Ventura Garden from directly overhead

Ventura Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mayfield Farm, Homesite of Sarah Wallis, a historic site 0.2 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Palo Alto

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.41698, -122.12737
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Picnic sites
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • Hewlett Packard's Garage: 2.3 mi
  • Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 2.9 mi
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 2.9 mi
  • Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter: 2.9 mi
  • Tower Well structure (historic): 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 14
Springs: 11
  • Spring source: 7.4 mi
  • Summit Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Summit Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Congress Springs: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.3 mi
  • The Bluff: 21.0 mi
  • Chab: 21.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Ventura Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 172°985 m13.5 mi
Castle RockS 172°979 m13.1 mi
The PeakSSE 167°917 m14.0 mi
Lookout TowerS 175°892 m11.8 mi
Goat RockS 175°890 m13.1 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSE 167°880 m14.3 mi
Summit RockS 173°878 m12.3 mi
Varian PeakS 177°873 m12.9 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: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155576166686766615348
Precip in2.93.22.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch431 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard216 obs
  • Western Honey Bee204 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird202 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco197 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel194 obs
  • Mallard170 obs
  • House Finch145 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/1172203539

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