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Geoffrey C. "Grof" Goodfellow Sesquicentennial Park

Geoffrey C. "Grof" Goodfellow Sesquicentennial Park from directly overhead

Geoffrey C. "Grof" Goodfellow Sesquicentennial Park is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Armistice Oak Tree Site, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
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Inscription
REDEDICATED DECEMBER 1, 2006 34 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING & INSPECTION MASTER OF COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CO-AUTHOR OF THE CITY SESQUICENTENNIAL BOOK, A PLACE OF PROMISE, 1852-2002
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Coordinates37.35213, -121.95417
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 6.7 mi
  • Hunters Point: 7.0 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 7.7 mi
  • Nob Hill: 7.7 mi
Gardens: 59
Artworks
Nature reserves
Historic sites: 55
Picnic sites: 52
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 2.9 mi
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 3.8 mi
  • Baylands Park Picnic area: 4.7 mi
  • Danny's Place: 5.3 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 23
Ghost towns: 13
Beaches: 8
  • Niles beach: 15.9 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 21.3 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 22.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 8.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 11.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 11.8 mi
  • The Bluff: 15.0 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 22.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Geoffrey C. "Grof" Goodfellow Sesquicentennial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE1,063 m13.6 mi
Mount ThayerS1,061 m13.2 mi
Mount BielawskiSW985 m11.7 mi
Castle RockSW979 m11.6 mi
The PeakSW917 m11.2 mi
El SombrosoSSE917 m12.2 mi
Antler PointE913 m13.8 mi
Lookout TowerSW892 m11.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8608475772

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