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First Hospital

First Hospital from directly overhead

First Hospital is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Johnson Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1969-04-16
Inscription
In the late 1890's Dr. Wm. F. Snow conceived the idea of a student hospital guild for Stanford students. A typhoid epidemic in 1902-03 emphasized a need for a hospitel. Concerned citizens and students provided funds for the transformation of a three-sto
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.44918, -122.16078
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Artworks
Gardens
Picnic sites
Peaks
  • Coyote Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Sand Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Vista Hill: 5.9 mi
  • Madera Point: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 43
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 10
Springs: 9
  • Summit Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Summit Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Spring source: 9.4 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 14.5 mi
  • Congress Springs: 15.2 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 12.8 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.8 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.8 mi
  • Chab: 19.6 mi
  • Aramai Point: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE 167°985 m16.1 mi
Castle RockSSE 167°979 m15.7 mi
The PeakSSE 163°917 m16.6 mi
Lookout TowerSSE 169°892 m14.3 mi
Goat RockS 169°890 m15.5 mi
Summit RockSSE 167°878 m14.8 mi
Varian PeakS 171°873 m15.3 mi
Black MountainS 176°849 m9.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8593900621

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