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Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite

Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite from directly overhead

Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 141 m. Lookout Tower stands 892 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Town of West Union, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2019-09-07
Inscription
Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite / The Gaspar de Portolá expedition camped twice near this marker. During Spain's initial colonial thrust into Alta California, the exploration party headed northward from San Diego searching for Monterey Bay. […]
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Coordinates37.46076, -122.29405
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Nature reserves: 60
Gardens
  • Fruit Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Panel Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Knot Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Filoli Estate: 1.1 mi
  • Easter Bowl: 1.3 mi
  • Handley Rock Park: 1.4 mi
  • Crestview Park: 1.7 mi
  • Eaton Park: 1.9 mi
Museums
Picnic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Public Bocce Court: 4.7 mi
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 5.2 mi
  • Historic Railroad Station: 6.1 mi
  • Lemos Farm: 6.4 mi
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 44
Waterfalls: 17
Springs: 10
  • Summit Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Summit Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Spring source: 12.5 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 17.5 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 6
  • Aramai Point: 15.1 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 17.6 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 19.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 19.6 mi
  • Chab: 20.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout TowerSE 146°892 m17.9 mi
Summit RockSE 145°878 m18.6 mi
Varian PeakSSE 148°873 m18.7 mi
Black MountainSE 141°849 m12.7 mi
Turtle RockSSE 148°812 m15.6 mi
Borel HillSSE 152°766 m11.0 mi
Morena SierraSSW 193°731 m3.6 mi
China GradeSSE 166°719 m17.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505255586367717169635449

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodside Fire STN 1, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8784299501

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