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Armistice Oak Tree Site

Armistice Oak Tree Site from directly overhead

Armistice Oak Tree Site is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Geoffrey C. "Grof" Goodfellow Sesquicentennial Park, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
Her on January 8, 1847, Francisco Sanchez, elader of a california band, surrendered himself and some American Prisoners and arms to Lieut. Grayson, thus ending the battle of Santa Clara or "The battle of the mustard stalks," of January 2, 1847. This armi
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Coordinates37.35214, -121.95415
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 2.9 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 3.7 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 3.7 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 3.7 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 6.7 mi
  • Hunters Point: 7.0 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 7.7 mi
  • Nob Hill: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 24
Ghost towns: 13
Beaches: 8
  • Niles beach: 15.9 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 8.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 11.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 11.8 mi
  • The Bluff: 15.0 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 22.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Armistice Oak Tree Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 167°1,063 m13.6 mi
Mount ThayerS 172°1,061 m13.2 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 221°985 m11.7 mi
Castle RockSW 222°979 m11.6 mi
The PeakSW 215°917 m11.2 mi
El SombrosoSSE 169°917 m12.2 mi
Antler PointE 82°913 m13.8 mi
Lookout TowerSW 229°892 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8608393556

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