Historic site · California
Issei Voices
Issei Voices is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Issei Pioneer Stone, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Material
- granite
What to expect
- Operated by
- Japantown Community Congress of San Jose
How to reach it
Coordinates37.34887, -121.89414
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: 0.1 mi
- Carmel and Thomas Fallon House: 0.8 mi
- Luis María Peralta Adobe: 0.9 mi
- Little Italy Museum and Cultural Center: 1.0 mi
- The Tech Interactive: 1.2 mi
Parks
- Heinlenville Park: 0.1 mi
- Cannery Park: 0.4 mi
- Raymond Bernal Junior Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Ryland Park: 0.5 mi
- Backesto Park: 0.6 mi
Gardens: 60
- Historic Orchard: 0.8 mi
- Heritage Rose Garden: 0.8 mi
- Courtyard Garden: 0.9 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 1.4 mi
Attractions
- Monopoly in the Park: 1.4 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 2.2 mi
- Dragon Flyers: 2.3 mi
- Pacific Fruit Express: 2.3 mi
- Danny the Dragon Train: 2.3 mi
Peaks
Artworks
- Pinoytown: 0.1 mi
- Obon@Home: Moichido: 0.1 mi
- Sheltering Wing: 0.1 mi
- We Are San Jose: 0.2 mi
- Santo Market: 0.2 mi
Historic sites: 56
- Issei Pioneer Stone: 0.0 mi
- Nikkei Lantern: 0.0 mi
- Ng Shing Gung Temple, North 6th & Taylor Streets: 0.1 mi
- Coming to America;定居在美國: 0.1 mi
- San José’s Chinatowns;聖荷西唐人埠: 0.1 mi
Nature reserves
- Ulistac Natural Area: 5.2 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 6.2 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 7.2 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 7.3 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 8.1 mi
Picnic sites: 50
- Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
- Chimes and Bells: 2.3 mi
- Danny's Place: 2.3 mi
- Whistling Woods: 2.3 mi
- Silly Celebration: 2.3 mi
Springs: 24
- Santa Teresa Springs: 10.1 mi
- McClure Spring: 11.0 mi
- Cherry Springs: 11.1 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.4 mi
- South Spring: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 24
- Castle Rock Falls: 14.4 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 15.0 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 15.5 mi
- Murietta Falls: 16.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Drawbridge: 9.2 mi
- Lexington: 11.7 mi
- Alma: 12.6 mi
- Holy City: 14.1 mi
- Patchen: 14.5 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Graffiti Rock: 11.1 mi
- The Bluff: 13.1 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 13.8 mi
- Underworld Rock: 14.1 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 5
- Niles beach: 17.0 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 19.3 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 19.5 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.4 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 23.7 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Issei Voices. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Peak | E 92° | 1,298 m | 13.8 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | E 92° | 1,286 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | E 92° | 1,279 m | 13.8 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | E 92° | 1,276 m | 14.0 mi |
| Ptolemy Peak | E 93° | 1,237 m | 13.7 mi |
| Black Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,169 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Day | ENE 65° | 1,163 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | S 181° | 1,063 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1240495074
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