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Brickyard History Plaque

Brickyard History Plaque from directly overhead

Brickyard History Plaque is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 140 m. Eylar Mountain stands 1,224 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Hansen Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
The Brickyard 1910-1949 The Livermore Fire Brick Works used this site to make bricks from local clay from 1910 until 1949. Some of those bricks have been used in constructing the base for this plaque.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.67999, -121.78270
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 7.4 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 7.4 mi
  • Lichen Bark: 8.4 mi
Artworks
  • Influx: 3.1 mi
  • Elatus: 4.6 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 5.9 mi
  • Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 6.0 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 6.6 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 58
Gardens: 44
Springs: 19
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 9.1 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Sycamore Spring: 12.5 mi
  • McClure Spring: 13.0 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 4.4 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.1 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 15.7 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 16.7 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 8.0 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Niles beach: 14.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 24.2 mi
Waterfalls: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Brickyard History Plaque. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eylar MountainSE 138°1,224 m18.7 mi
Mount DiabloNNW 333°1,173 m15.7 mi
Black MountainSSE 165°1,169 m17.4 mi
Rose PeakSSE 165°1,163 m12.1 mi
Mount DaySSE 166°1,163 m18.5 mi
Mount LewisSSE 158°1,136 m14.9 mi
Cedar MountainSE 131°1,118 m12.7 mi
Devil's PulpitNNW 333°1,110 m15.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4719:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1916:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155586369737370645448
Precip in2.82.72.21.10.50.10.00.00.10.81.52.7

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9179281327

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