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Henry’s Hi-Life

Henry’s Hi-Life from directly overhead

Henry’s Hi-Life is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Italy Museum and Cultural Center, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.33532, -121.89809
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Artworks
Parks
Attractions
Gardens: 59
  • Historic Orchard: 0.7 mi
  • Courtyard Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Heritage Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Spartan Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
  • CNGF Native Plant Farm: 0.8 mi
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Lone Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 7.0 mi
  • Alum Rock: 7.0 mi
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 50
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.0 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.0 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.0 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.0 mi
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 24
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 6
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.3 mi
  • The Bluff: 14.0 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Niles beach: 17.8 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Henry’s Hi-Life. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory PeakE1,298 m14.0 mi
Mount HamiltonE1,279 m14.0 mi
Ptolemy PeakE1,237 m14.0 mi
Black MountainENE1,169 m12.9 mi
Mount DayENE1,163 m12.3 mi
Mount UmunhumS1,063 m12.1 mi
Mount ThayerS1,061 m11.9 mi
Mount BielawskiSW985 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
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/12882515370

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