Historic site · California

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

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Coordinates37.44918, -122.16078

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Johnson Park: 0.1 mi
Cogswell Plaza: 0.2 mi
Timothy Hopkins Creekside Park: 0.3 mi
Lytton Plaza: 0.3 mi
Heritage Park: 0.4 mi

Historic sites

Palo Alto 100 Years: 0.3 mi
Middlefield Crossing: 0.3 mi
El Camino Real Bell Historic Marker: 0.4 mi
original Palo Alto volunteer fire department bell 1904: 0.4 mi
Cardinal French Laundry (1931-1989): 0.4 mi

Museums

Museum of American Heritage: 0.4 mi
Palo Alto History Museum: 0.4 mi
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo: 1.0 mi
West Bay Model Railroad Association: 1.2 mi
Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 1.2 mi

Attractions

Tower Well structure (historic): 0.4 mi
El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 0.5 mi
Hewlett Packard's Garage: 0.5 mi
Historic Railroad Station: 1.3 mi
Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 1.5 mi

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

Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve: 5.0 mi
Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill): 5.1 mi
Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 5.5 mi
Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 5.7 mi
Wunderlich County Park: 6.6 mi

Artworks

The Crows Project: You-Me-We: 0.7 mi
Sofa Sculpture: 0.8 mi
Ella: 0.8 mi
Angel of Grief: 0.9 mi
Raouli, Where Are You?: 1.1 mi

Gardens57

Elizabeth Gamble Gardens: 0.9 mi
Eleanor Pardee Garden: 1.0 mi
Arizona Garden: 1.1 mi
JB Blunk Memorial: 1.2 mi
Rinconada Garden: 1.3 mi

Picnic sites55

Steve and Loli Sy Oak Grove: 1.3 mi
Oak Grove: 1.4 mi
EBF Picnic: 2.2 mi
East Meadow Individual Area: 3.0 mi
East Meadow Group Area: 3.0 mi

Beaches42

Niles beach: 12.4 mi
Coyote Point Beach: 13.3 mi
Aardvark Beach: 13.5 mi
Martins Beach: 14.6 mi
Tunitas Beach: 14.7 mi

Waterfalls13

Peter's Creek Falls: 11.0 mi
Gerow's Waterfall: 12.1 mi
Tip Toe Falls: 14.2 mi
Castle Rock Falls: 15.7 mi
Butano Falls: 16.7 mi

Ghost towns10

Stokes Landing: 10.1 mi
Drawbridge: 10.3 mi
Russell City: 14.1 mi
Purissima: 14.4 mi
Lexington: 19.9 mi

Springs8

Summit Spring: 8.2 mi
Spring source: 9.4 mi
Travertine Springs: 14.5 mi
Congress Springs: 15.2 mi
McClure Spring: 16.0 mi

Cliffs8

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 areas1

Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 12.8 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of First Hospital. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Bielawski	SSE 167°	985 m	16.1 mi
Castle Rock	SSE 167°	979 m	15.7 mi
The Peak	SSE 163°	917 m	16.6 mi
Lookout Tower	SSE 169°	892 m	14.3 mi
Goat Rock	S 169°	890 m	15.5 mi
Sunnyvale Mountain	SSE 162°	880 m	16.9 mi
Summit Rock	SSE 167°	878 m	14.8 mi
Varian Peak	S 171°	873 m	15.3 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/8593900621

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