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Compassion Corner

Compassion Corner from directly overhead

Compassion Corner is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Windy Point stands 865 m to the west-northwest, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away. 20 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
Compassion Corner

How to reach it

Coordinates38.54408, -121.74349

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Central Park: 0.1 mi
  • Civic Center Park: 0.3 mi
  • East Quad: 0.4 mi
  • West Quad: 0.4 mi
  • College Park: 0.5 mi
Artworks: 50
Attractions: 41
  • Honey Bee Haven Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area Headquarters: 4.0 mi
  • Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area: 4.0 mi
  • Causeways Rocks: 5.8 mi
  • Cool Patch Pumpkins: 9.6 mi
Museums: 33
Gardens: 31
Historic sites: 29
  • Tau Beta Pi Bent: 0.7 mi
  • Bahai Grove: 0.7 mi
  • Tavernetti Bell: 1.1 mi
  • CHP Memorial Fountain: 10.6 mi
  • Charles Swanston Memorial: 13.0 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Monument Hill: 11.2 mi
  • Whisky Hill: 14.5 mi
  • Steiger Hill: 17.3 mi
  • Putnam Peak: 17.5 mi
  • Drakes Point: 17.6 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Birthday Area 2: 13.0 mi
  • Birthday Area 1: 13.0 mi
  • Birthday Area 3: 13.0 mi
  • Pooh Corner: 13.1 mi
  • Open Capay Space Park: 20.1 mi
Nature reserves: 7
Ghost towns: 4
Cliffs: 2
Rest areas: 1
Beaches: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Compassion Corner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Windy PointWNW 287°865 m23.5 mi
Mount VacaWSW 243°857 m22.0 mi
The TreesWNW 288°808 m24.0 mi
Canterbury MountainWNW 289°743 m21.3 mi
Signal HillWSW 238°726 m21.8 mi
Wild Cow MountainW 278°685 m20.1 mi
Edgar PeakWNW 285°682 m19.7 mi
Putnam PeakWSW 247°349 m17.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4419:5620:35
September equinox06:5518:3119:06
December solstice07:2216:0816:50

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475155606672757572655447
Precip in4.03.92.71.10.70.20.00.00.10.81.83.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Davis 2 WSW EXP Farm, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13142725323

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