Historic site · California
Birthplace of "Silicon Valley"
Birthplace of "Silicon Valley" is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 14 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Hewlett Packard's Garage, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1989-05-19
- Inscription
- This garage is the birthplace of the world's first high-technology region, "silicon valley." The idea for such a region originated with Dr. Frederick Terman, a Stanford University professor who encouraged his students to start up their own electronics co
How to reach it
Coordinates37.44294, -122.15458
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Hewlett Packard's Garage: 0.0 mi
- Tower Well structure (historic): 0.7 mi
- El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 0.9 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 1.4 mi
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Scott Park: 0.1 mi
- Heritage Park: 0.1 mi
- Bowling Green Park: 0.4 mi
- Lytton Plaza: 0.4 mi
- Cogswell Plaza: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Professorville: 0.1 mi
- University A.M.E. Zion Church 1925-1965: 0.2 mi
- Cardinal French Laundry (1931-1989): 0.2 mi
- Electronics Research Laboratory: 0.2 mi
- Palo Alto 100 Years: 0.4 mi
Museums
- Palo Alto History Museum: 0.2 mi
- Museum of American Heritage: 0.2 mi
- Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo: 0.5 mi
- Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 1.1 mi
- Hoover Tower: 1.3 mi
Peaks
- Coyote Hill: 3.1 mi
- Sand Hill: 3.8 mi
- Eagle Hill: 5.4 mi
- Vista Hill: 5.5 mi
- Madera Point: 5.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 5.0 mi
- Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve: 5.1 mi
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill): 5.4 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 6.6 mi
Artworks: 58
- Angel of Grief: 0.9 mi
- The Crows Project: You-Me-We: 0.9 mi
- Griffins: 0.9 mi
- Ella: 1.0 mi
- Stanford Columns: 1.0 mi
Gardens: 57
- Elizabeth Gamble Gardens: 0.4 mi
- Eleanor Pardee Garden: 0.9 mi
- Rinconada Garden: 0.9 mi
- Arizona Garden: 1.0 mi
- EV North Garden: 1.1 mi
Picnic sites: 55
- Steve and Loli Sy Oak Grove: 0.9 mi
- Oak Grove: 1.1 mi
- EBF Picnic: 1.9 mi
- East Meadow Individual Area: 2.5 mi
- East Meadow Group Area: 2.5 mi
Beaches: 43
- Niles beach: 12.5 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 13.8 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 14.0 mi
- Martins Beach: 14.7 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 14.8 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Peter's Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 11.6 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 13.9 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 15.2 mi
- Butano Falls: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 11
- Drawbridge: 10.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 10.5 mi
- Russell City: 14.5 mi
- Purissima: 14.7 mi
- Lexington: 19.3 mi
Springs: 9
- Summit Spring: 8.5 mi
- Spring source: 9.0 mi
- Travertine Springs: 14.1 mi
- Congress Springs: 14.7 mi
- McClure Spring: 15.8 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Graffiti Rock: 12.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 15.3 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 15.3 mi
- Chab: 20.0 mi
- The Bluff: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Birthplace of "Silicon Valley". Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | SSE 167° | 985 m | 15.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSE 168° | 979 m | 15.2 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 164° | 917 m | 16.1 mi |
| Lookout Tower | S 170° | 892 m | 13.8 mi |
| Goat Rock | S 170° | 890 m | 15.1 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SSE 163° | 880 m | 16.4 mi |
| Summit Rock | SSE 168° | 878 m | 14.3 mi |
| Varian Peak | S 172° | 873 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunrise.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 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, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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