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Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness

Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness from directly overhead

Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 11 miles off.

About

The story

2018 mural by Franceska Gamez in San Jose, California, United States

Dates from 2018.

Wikidata Q136353330, matched on coordinates and name (17 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Built
2017..2018
Material
metal
Inscription
This work of art is one of a series of murals commissioned by Covered California in collaboration with PHP Insurance Services as part of the “Covered in Art” project to promote health and wellness in communities across California and attract attention to
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Coordinates37.32209, -121.82357
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Welch Park: 0.2 mi
  • Nisich Park: 0.6 mi
  • Meadowfair Park: 0.7 mi
  • Turtle Rock Park: 0.9 mi
  • Windmill Springs Park: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Slide Creek Cabanas: 1.1 mi
  • Picnic Perch: 2.2 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 2.2 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.2 mi
Attractions
  • Slide Creek Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Serpentine Slides: 1.1 mi
  • Little Dipper: 1.1 mi
  • Blue Thunder: 1.1 mi
  • White Lightning: 1.1 mi
Gardens
Historic sites
  • Little Calvary: 1.9 mi
  • Trần Hưng Đạo: 1.9 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 3.0 mi
  • San Jose National Bank Gate: 3.2 mi
  • J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 3.3 mi
Museums
Peaks
Nature reserves
Springs: 32
Waterfalls: 19
Ghost towns: 11
Beaches: 7
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.0 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Niles beach: 20.3 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.9 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 24.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 13.1 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 14.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 16.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 16.5 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 81°1,327 m10.8 mi
Observatory PeakE 82°1,298 m10.0 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 81°1,295 m10.9 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 82°1,286 m10.3 mi
Mount HamiltonE 82°1,279 m10.0 mi
Huyghens PeakE 82°1,276 m10.2 mi
Mount IsabelE 88°1,275 m11.2 mi
Galileo PeakE 79°1,273 m10.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9225488982

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