Historic site · California
Earnest “Ernie” Renzel, Junior
Earnest “Ernie” Renzel, Junior is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Mount Day stands 1,163 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is This is Not an Airport Information Booth, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1994-03-02
- Material
- bronze
- Inscription
- The interior of Terminal “C” is dedicated as a tribute to Earnest “Ernie” Renzel, Junior, a former mayor of San Jose and chairman of the Airport Commission. Ernie first organized young business people in 1938 to form a committee to pursue the purchase of
How to reach it
Coordinates37.36983, -121.92904
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Memorial Cross Park: 0.7 mi
- Rosemary Gardens Park: 0.9 mi
- Reed & Grant Sports Park: 1.2 mi
- Larry J. Marsalli Park: 1.3 mi
- Rincon South Park: 1.4 mi
Museums
- South Bay Historical Railroad Society: 1.2 mi
- de Saisset Museum: 1.5 mi
- Triton Museum of Art: 1.7 mi
- Intel Museum: 2.3 mi
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: 2.5 mi
Attractions
- Municipal Rose Garden: 2.6 mi
- Tiki Twirl: 2.8 mi
- Psycho Mouse: 2.8 mi
- The Grizzly: 2.8 mi
- Thunder Raceway: 2.8 mi
Gardens: 59
- PayPal Garden: 0.5 mi
- Forge Garden: 1.3 mi
- Mission Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Juju’s Garden: 2.1 mi
- Heritage Rose Garden: 2.2 mi
Peaks
- Eagle Rock: 6.5 mi
- Communications Hill: 6.7 mi
- Boccardo Peak: 7.2 mi
- Alum Rock: 7.8 mi
- Dragon Mountain: 7.8 mi
Historic sites: 56
- This is Not an Airport Information Booth: 0.0 mi
- Santa Clara Interlocking Tower: 1.2 mi
- Santa Clara Tower: 1.2 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.3 mi
- Jamison-Brown House: 1.7 mi
Artworks
- San Jose, CA 2024: 0.1 mi
- Rolling Ball Sculpture (Wallpiece XXXI): 0.1 mi
- A History of San José, California’s “First” City: 0.1 mi
- eCloud: 0.4 mi
- Space Observer: 0.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Ulistac Natural Area: 2.9 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 4.6 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 5.0 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 8.4 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 8.5 mi
Picnic sites: 51
- Backesto One Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.8 mi
- Central Park Pavillion: 3.2 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 4.6 mi
- Danny's Place: 4.7 mi
Waterfalls: 24
- Gerow's Waterfall: 13.8 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 13.9 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 14.2 mi
- Murietta Falls: 16.3 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 18.1 mi
Springs: 22
- McClure Spring: 9.9 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.0 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 12.4 mi
- Cherry Springs: 12.6 mi
- Spring source: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Drawbridge: 7.0 mi
- Lexington: 12.4 mi
- Alma: 13.4 mi
- Holy City: 15.0 mi
- Patchen: 15.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Graffiti Rock: 10.2 mi
- The Bluff: 13.2 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 13.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 13.6 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 5
- Niles beach: 15.0 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 19.3 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 19.4 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 21.3 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 24.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Felton Covered Bridge: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Earnest “Ernie” Renzel, Junior. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Day | ENE 74° | 1,163 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | S 173° | 1,063 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Thayer | S 178° | 1,061 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SW 222° | 985 m | 13.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 223° | 979 m | 13.4 mi |
| The Peak | SW 217° | 917 m | 13.0 mi |
| El Sombroso | S 176° | 917 m | 13.3 mi |
| Antler Point | E 87° | 913 m | 12.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
The recorded facing catches the sunset.
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/10007961022
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