Birthplace of Silicon Valley, 1956
Birthplace of Silicon Valley, 1956 is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Birthplace of the Silicon Valley, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Public art installation by Mary B. White and Vickie Jo Sowell in Mountain View, California, United States.
Dates from 2018.
Wikidata Q126021158, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).
What the record says
- Built
- 2018-05
What to expect
- Operated by
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Fayette Park: 0.1 mi
- Fayette Greenway: 0.2 mi
- Del Medio Park: 0.2 mi
- Monroe Park: 0.4 mi
- Mora Park: 0.5 mi
- The Foster Museum: 1.4 mi
- Los Altos History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Computer History Museum: 2.0 mi
- Moffett Field Historical Society Museum: 3.1 mi
- Moffett Field Model Railroad Club: 3.1 mi
- Coyote Hill: 2.1 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Ewing Hill: 4.6 mi
- Vista Hill: 4.7 mi
- Madera Point: 4.9 mi
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 3.3 mi
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 3.4 mi
- Hewlett Packard's Garage: 3.6 mi
- Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter: 3.6 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 4.0 mi
- Birthplace of the Silicon Valley: 0.0 mi
- Push: 1.2 mi
- Smoke: 1.4 mi
- Mosaic Tree: 1.5 mi
- Diamond Jubilee: 1.6 mi
- Secundino Robles Adobe Site: 0.4 mi
- Mayfield Fire Bell: 0.8 mi
- Juana Briones Park: 0.9 mi
- Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation site: 1.2 mi
- Mayfield Farm, Homesite of Sarah Wallis: 1.3 mi
- Arastradero Garden: 1.0 mi
- Senior Center Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- Ventura Garden: 1.2 mi
- Soil&Water Garden: 1.2 mi
- Bol Park Native Plant Garden: 1.7 mi
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Hidden Villa: 5.1 mi
- Redwood Group Area: 1.1 mi
- Redwood Individual Area: 1.1 mi
- Pine Grove Group Area: 1.1 mi
- Arbor Group Area: 1.2 mi
- East Meadow Group Area: 1.3 mi
- Niles beach: 13.4 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 16.3 mi
- Martins Beach: 16.5 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 16.8 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 17.0 mi
- Spring source: 6.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 10.8 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.4 mi
- Travertine Springs: 11.5 mi
- McClure Spring: 14.6 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 8.5 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 9.2 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 12.3 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
- Butano Falls: 15.9 mi
- Drawbridge: 8.6 mi
- Stokes Landing: 13.2 mi
- Lexington: 15.9 mi
- Purissima: 16.8 mi
- Alma: 17.1 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 9.1 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 12.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 12.4 mi
- The Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Chab: 22.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Birthplace of Silicon Valley, 1956. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | S 176° | 985 m | 12.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | S 176° | 979 m | 12.2 mi |
| The Peak | S 170° | 917 m | 13.0 mi |
| Lookout Tower | S 179° | 892 m | 10.9 mi |
| Goat Rock | S 179° | 890 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | S 170° | 880 m | 13.3 mi |
| Summit Rock | S 177° | 878 m | 11.4 mi |
| Varian Peak | S 181° | 873 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 53 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/509913602
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