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Backesto Fountain

Backesto Fountain, a historic site in California
Backesto Fountain, a historic site in CaliforniaDavid Sawyer from Rancho Murieta, California, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Backesto Fountain, a historic site in California
David Sawyer from Rancho Murieta, California, United States · CC BY-SA 2.0
Backesto Fountain, a historic site in California
matt_bruensteiner from San Jose, California, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0
Backesto Fountain, a historic site in California
Minh Nguyen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Backesto Fountain, a historic site in California
Minh Nguyen · CC BY-SA 4.0
Backesto Fountain, a historic site in California
Minh Nguyen · CC BY-SA 4.0

Backesto Fountain is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Backesto One Picnic Area, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

fountain in Backesto Park in San Jose, California, United States, the oldest extent structure by Solon and Schemmel Tile Company

Dates from 1922.

Wikidata Q109767529, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
BACKESTO PARK / DONATED TO CITY OF SAN JOSE BY ANNA E.C. BACKESTO IN MEMORY OF HER HUSBAND DR. JOHN PERRIE BACKESTO / 1922 / GEO. W. HAZZARD, EXEC.
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Coordinates37.35189, -121.88517
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.1 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.1 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.2 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 2.2 mi
Parks
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 4.9 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 5.7 mi
  • Alum Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.7 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 24
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.6 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 14.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.6 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 17.0 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 18.8 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 24.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Backesto Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 91°1,327 m14.0 mi
Observatory PeakE 93°1,298 m13.3 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 91°1,295 m14.2 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 93°1,286 m13.6 mi
Mount HamiltonE 93°1,279 m13.3 mi
Huyghens PeakE 93°1,276 m13.5 mi
Galileo PeakE 90°1,273 m13.8 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 94°1,237 m13.3 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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/6300735619

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