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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

Coordinates37.34992, -121.95574

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • 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
Gardens: 59
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 52
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.1 mi
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Baylands Park Picnic area: 4.8 mi
  • Danny's Place: 5.3 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 23
Ghost towns: 13
Beaches: 9
  • 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
Cliffs: 7
  • 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
Covered bridges: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of John Fatjo House. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE1,063 m13.5 mi
Mount ThayerS1,061 m13.0 mi
Mount BielawskiSW985 m11.6 mi
Castle RockSW979 m11.4 mi
The PeakSW917 m11.0 mi
El SombrosoSSE917 m12.1 mi
Antler PointE913 m13.9 mi
Lookout TowerSW892 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:54

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.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9928360562

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