John Fatjo House

John Fatjo House is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Geof Goodfellow Sesquicentennial Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
The story
plaque in Santa Clara, California
Dates from 1985.
Wikidata Q113391510, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1985
- Material
- metal
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Geof Goodfellow Sesquicentennial Park: 0.2 mi
- Civic Center Park: 0.2 mi
- Fremont Park: 0.3 mi
- Rotary Park: 0.5 mi
- Steve Carli Park: 0.6 mi
- Geoffrey C. "Grof" Goodfellow Sesquicentennial Park: 0.2 mi
- Armistice Oak Tree Site: 0.2 mi
- Statue of Saint Clare: 0.2 mi
- Carmelite Monastery ~ Bond Ranch: 0.3 mi
- Flags Over Santa Clara: 0.3 mi
- Triton Museum of Art: 0.4 mi
- de Saisset Museum: 0.8 mi
- South Bay Historical Railroad Society: 1.1 mi
- Intel Museum: 2.7 mi
- Little Italy Museum and Cultural Center: 3.3 mi
- Mission Gardens: 0.8 mi
- Forge Garden: 0.9 mi
- Juju’s Garden: 2.0 mi
- Peace Garden: 2.1 mi
- Misora Secret Garden: 2.1 mi
- Bronco Statue: 1.0 mi
- Aurelian Season: 1.3 mi
- San Jose, CA 2024: 2.0 mi
- Rolling Ball Sculpture (Wallpiece XXXI): 2.0 mi
- A History of San José, California’s “First” City: 2.0 mi
- Central Park Pavillion: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 3.1 mi
- Braly Picnic #3: 3.7 mi
- Braly Picnic #2: 3.7 mi
- Braly Picnic #1: 3.7 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 2.0 mi
- The Grizzly: 3.1 mi
- Tiki Twirl: 3.1 mi
- Drop Tower: 3.1 mi
- Psycho Mouse: 3.1 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 2.8 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 2.9 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 5.9 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 7.2 mi
- Communications Hill: 6.6 mi
- Anza Knoll: 6.6 mi
- Hunters Point: 6.9 mi
- Nob Hill: 7.6 mi
- Maisie's Peak: 7.6 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 11.8 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 11.9 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 12.3 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 16.1 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 18.2 mi
- Congress Springs: 9.1 mi
- Cherry Springs: 11.4 mi
- Spring source: 11.6 mi
- McClure Spring: 11.7 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 12.3 mi
- Drawbridge: 8.0 mi
- Lexington: 10.8 mi
- Alma: 11.8 mi
- Holy City: 13.4 mi
- Patchen: 14.0 mi
- Niles beach: 16.0 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 21.3 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 21.4 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 22.8 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.0 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 8.2 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 11.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 11.6 mi
- The Bluff: 15.2 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 22.3 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of John Fatjo House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Umunhum | SSE 167° | 1,063 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Thayer | S 171° | 1,061 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SW 221° | 985 m | 11.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 223° | 979 m | 11.4 mi |
| The Peak | SW 215° | 917 m | 11.0 mi |
| El Sombroso | SSE 168° | 917 m | 12.1 mi |
| Antler Point | E 81° | 913 m | 13.9 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SW 230° | 892 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:14 | 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9928360562
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