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Electronics Research Laboratory

Electronics Research Laboratory from directly overhead

Electronics Research Laboratory is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 15 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is University A.M.E. Zion Church 1925-1965, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built: 1970-05-02
Inscription: Original site of the laboratory and factory of federal telegraph company, founded in 1909 by Cyril F. Elwell. Here, with two assistants, Dr. Lee de Forest, inventor of the three-element radio vacuum tube amplifier and oscillator. World-wide developments

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Coordinates37.44154, -122.15768

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites

University A.M.E. Zion Church 1925-1965: 0.1 mi
Cardinal French Laundry (1931-1989): 0.1 mi
Birthplace of "Silicon Valley": 0.2 mi
Professorville: 0.2 mi
Palo Alto 100 Years: 0.3 mi

Museums

Palo Alto History Museum: 0.1 mi
Museum of American Heritage: 0.2 mi
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo: 0.7 mi
Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 0.9 mi
Hoover Tower: 1.1 mi

Parks

Scott Park: 0.2 mi
Heritage Park: 0.2 mi
Lytton Plaza: 0.3 mi
Cogswell Plaza: 0.4 mi
El Camino Field: 0.5 mi

Attractions

Hewlett Packard's Garage: 0.2 mi
Tower Well structure (historic): 0.6 mi
El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 0.8 mi
Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 1.2 mi
Stem Cell Research information placards: 1.3 mi

Peaks

Coyote Hill: 3.0 mi
Sand Hill: 3.7 mi
Eagle Hill: 5.2 mi
Vista Hill: 5.4 mi
Madera Point: 5.4 mi

Nature reserves

Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve: 4.9 mi
Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 5.2 mi
Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 5.2 mi
Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill): 5.3 mi
Wunderlich County Park: 6.6 mi

Artworks58

Angel of Grief: 0.7 mi
Griffins: 0.7 mi
Ella: 0.8 mi
Stanford Columns: 0.8 mi
Stone River: 0.9 mi

Gardens57

Elizabeth Gamble Gardens: 0.5 mi
Arizona Garden: 0.8 mi
Rodin Sculpture Garden: 1.0 mi
EV North Garden: 1.0 mi
Eleanor Pardee Garden: 1.1 mi

Picnic sites55

Steve and Loli Sy Oak Grove: 0.7 mi
Oak Grove: 0.9 mi
EBF Picnic: 1.8 mi
East Meadow Individual Area: 2.6 mi
East Meadow Group Area: 2.6 mi

Beaches44

Niles beach: 12.7 mi
Coyote Point Beach: 13.8 mi
Aardvark Beach: 14.0 mi
Martins Beach: 14.5 mi
Tunitas Beach: 14.6 mi

Waterfalls13

Peter's Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
Gerow's Waterfall: 11.5 mi
Tip Toe Falls: 13.7 mi
Castle Rock Falls: 15.1 mi
Butano Falls: 16.3 mi

Ghost towns11

Drawbridge: 10.2 mi
Stokes Landing: 10.6 mi
Purissima: 14.5 mi
Russell City: 14.7 mi
Lexington: 19.3 mi

Springs9

Summit Spring: 8.3 mi
Spring source: 8.9 mi
Travertine Springs: 14.0 mi
Congress Springs: 14.7 mi
McClure Spring: 16.0 mi

Cliffs7

Graffiti Rock: 12.3 mi
Underworld Rock: 15.2 mi
Lyme Disease Rock: 15.3 mi
Chab: 20.1 mi
Aramai Point: 22.0 mi

Rest areas1

Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 13.2 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Electronics Research Laboratory. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Bielawski	SSE 167°	985 m	15.5 mi
Castle Rock	SSE 167°	979 m	15.1 mi
The Peak	SSE 163°	917 m	16.1 mi
Lookout Tower	S 169°	892 m	13.7 mi
Goat Rock	S 169°	890 m	15.0 mi
Sunnyvale Mountain	SSE 162°	880 m	16.4 mi
Summit Rock	SSE 167°	878 m	14.2 mi
Varian Peak	S 171°	873 m	14.8 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8337015630

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