Historic site · California
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation site
Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation site is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 3 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Foster Museum, a museum 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1991-08-09
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- First Commercially Practicable Interated Circuit. At this site, in 1959, Dr. Robert Noyce of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation invented the first integrated circuit.
How to reach it
Coordinates37.42182, -122.10330
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- The Foster Museum: 0.2 mi
- Computer History Museum: 1.5 mi
- Lucy Evans Baylands Nature Interpretive Center: 2.6 mi
- Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo: 2.7 mi
- Moffett Field Historical Society Museum: 2.8 mi
Parks
- Ramos Park: 0.4 mi
- Wyandotte Park: 0.5 mi
- The Little Park: 0.6 mi
- Mitchell Park: 0.7 mi
- Thaddeus Park: 0.8 mi
Attractions
- Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter: 2.4 mi
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 2.9 mi
- Hewlett Packard's Garage: 3.2 mi
- Tower Well structure (historic): 3.9 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 4.0 mi
Peaks
- Coyote Hill: 3.0 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Vista Hill: 5.7 mi
- Ewing Hill: 5.8 mi
- Madera Point: 6.0 mi
Artworks: 59
- Ling The Lang: 0.6 mi
- Buzzcocks II: 0.6 mi
- Push: 0.6 mi
- Balance: 1.1 mi
- Android: 1.1 mi
Gardens: 59
- Soil&Water Garden: 0.9 mi
- S.T.A. Parish Pastoral Garden: 1.1 mi
- Ventura Garden: 1.4 mi
- El Carmelo School Native Habitat Garden: 1.5 mi
- Senior Center Community Garden: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
- Secundino Robles Adobe Site: 0.9 mi
- Stan The T-Rex: 1.0 mi
- Birthplace of Silicon Valley, 1956: 1.2 mi
- Mayfield Farm, Homesite of Sarah Wallis: 1.6 mi
- Mayfield Fire Bell: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 3.5 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 6.1 mi
- Hidden Villa: 6.3 mi
Picnic sites: 55
- Pine Grove Group Area: 0.6 mi
- Redwood Group Area: 0.6 mi
- Redwood Individual Area: 0.6 mi
- Arbor Group Area: 0.7 mi
- East Meadow Group Area: 0.7 mi
Beaches: 43
- Niles beach: 12.1 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 16.8 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 17.0 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 17.1 mi
- Martins Beach: 17.1 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Drawbridge: 7.7 mi
- Stokes Landing: 12.2 mi
- Russell City: 16.0 mi
- Lexington: 16.8 mi
- Purissima: 17.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Peter's Creek Falls: 9.7 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.5 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 13.5 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 13.6 mi
- Butano Falls: 17.1 mi
Springs: 11
- Spring source: 8.2 mi
- Summit Spring: 11.2 mi
- Congress Springs: 12.5 mi
- Travertine Springs: 12.8 mi
- McClure Spring: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Graffiti Rock: 10.2 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 13.5 mi
- Underworld Rock: 13.5 mi
- The Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Chab: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | S 178° | 985 m | 13.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | S 178° | 979 m | 13.4 mi |
| The Peak | S 173° | 917 m | 14.1 mi |
| Lookout Tower | S 182° | 892 m | 12.1 mi |
| Goat Rock | S 181° | 890 m | 13.4 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | S 172° | 880 m | 14.4 mi |
| Summit Rock | S 179° | 878 m | 12.5 mi |
| Varian Peak | S 183° | 873 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 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, 3 mi away.
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