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Eureka Corner

Eureka Corner from directly overhead

Eureka Corner is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Lookout Tower stands 892 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Poplar Saloon and Tremont House, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.48647, -122.22643
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Museums
Parks
  • Memorial Square Park: 0.2 mi
  • John S. Roselli Memorial: 0.2 mi
  • Little River Park: 0.4 mi
  • Jardin de Niños: 0.4 mi
  • Hoover Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Attractions
  • Public Bocce Court: 1.0 mi
  • Historic Railroad Station: 3.3 mi
  • El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 4.1 mi
  • Tower Well structure (historic): 4.3 mi
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 4.7 mi
Gardens
Peaks
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 17
Springs: 11
  • Summit Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Summit Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Spring source: 12.5 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 17.7 mi
  • Congress Springs: 19.1 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 6
  • Graffiti Rock: 16.8 mi
  • Aramai Point: 17.1 mi
  • Chab: 17.8 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 19.3 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 19.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Eureka Corner. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout TowerSSE 159°892 m17.8 mi
Summit RockSSE 158°878 m18.4 mi
Black MountainSSE 160°849 m12.5 mi
Turtle RockSSE 164°812 m15.7 mi
Borel HillS 173°766 m11.6 mi
Morena SierraSW 221°731 m6.9 mi
Allen LookoutSSW 209°708 m7.8 mi
Skeggs PointSW 220°703 m6.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2116:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505255586266696967625449
Precip in3.83.63.01.10.50.20.00.00.10.91.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redwood City, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/12854674337

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