Japanese American Internment Memorial
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Japanese American Internment Memorial is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 27 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Twohy Building, a historic site 0.1 miles away.
The story
memorial by Ruth Asawa in San Jose, California, United States
Dates from 1994.
Wikidata Q136409175, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1994
- Material
- bronze
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Twohy Building: 0.1 mi
- Man of Fire: 0.1 mi
- In Memory of the Burning of San Jose Chinatown: 0.1 mi
- City Hall Cornerstone: 0.2 mi
- World’s First Broadcasting Station: 0.2 mi
- 100 Block: 0.1 mi
- Serpentine Pavilion: 0.1 mi
- Plumed Serpent: 0.1 mi
- Sap 25: 0.2 mi
- Summer Days: 0.2 mi
- Fairmont Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Plaza de César E. Chávez: 0.2 mi
- Circle of Palms Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Parque de los Pobladores: 0.3 mi
- Notre Dame High Pardini Park: 0.3 mi
- The Tech Interactive: 0.2 mi
- San Jose Museum of Quilts & Textiles: 0.3 mi
- Children’s Discovery Museum: 0.5 mi
- Luis María Peralta Adobe: 0.5 mi
- Carmel and Thomas Fallon House: 0.6 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 0.3 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 0.3 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Historic Orchard: 1.3 mi
- CNGF Native Plant Farm: 1.4 mi
- Monopoly in the Park: 0.5 mi
- Dragon Flyers: 1.3 mi
- Danny the Dragon Train: 1.3 mi
- Pacific Fruit Express: 1.3 mi
- Kiddie Swings: 1.3 mi
- Danny's Place: 1.3 mi
- Chimes and Bells: 1.3 mi
- Silly Celebration: 1.3 mi
- Whistling Woods: 1.3 mi
- Sunflower Circle: 1.3 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 6.3 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 6.7 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 6.8 mi
- Heintz Open Space: 7.3 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 7.4 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 8.9 mi
- Cherry Springs: 10.1 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.0 mi
- McClure Spring: 12.1 mi
- South Spring: 14.0 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 14.1 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 15.0 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 15.7 mi
- Murietta Falls: 16.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 17.8 mi
- Drawbridge: 10.4 mi
- Lexington: 10.9 mi
- Alma: 11.7 mi
- Holy City: 13.1 mi
- Patchen: 13.6 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 11.0 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 13.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 13.8 mi
- The Bluff: 13.8 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 21.7 mi
- Niles beach: 18.2 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 20.0 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 20.2 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 22.9 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.5 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.9 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Japanese American Internment Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Observatory Peak | E 87° | 1,298 m | 13.4 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | E 87° | 1,286 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | E 87° | 1,279 m | 13.4 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | E 87° | 1,276 m | 13.5 mi |
| Galileo Peak | E 85° | 1,273 m | 13.9 mi |
| Ptolemy Peak | E 88° | 1,237 m | 13.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 54° | 1,169 m | 12.5 mi |
| Mount Day | ENE 59° | 1,163 m | 11.9 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1432665954
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