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Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation site

Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation site from directly overhead

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.

The record

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.
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.42182, -122.10330
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Picnic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Historic sites
Nature reserves
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
Beaches: 44
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 14
Springs: 12
  • Spring source: 8.2 mi
  • Summit Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Summit Spring: 11.2 mi
  • Congress Springs: 12.5 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 12.8 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
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 178°985 m13.7 mi
Castle RockS 178°979 m13.4 mi
The PeakS 173°917 m14.1 mi
Lookout TowerS 182°892 m12.1 mi
Goat RockS 181°890 m13.4 mi
Sunnyvale MountainS 172°880 m14.4 mi
Summit RockS 179°878 m12.5 mi
Varian PeakS 183°873 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155576166686766615348
Precip in2.93.22.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/509913597

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