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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
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • 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
Attractions
Nature reserves
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
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 24
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: 8
  • 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: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 167°1,063 m13.5 mi
Mount ThayerS 171°1,061 m13.0 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 221°985 m11.6 mi
Castle RockSW 223°979 m11.4 mi
The PeakSW 215°917 m11.0 mi
El SombrosoSSE 168°917 m12.1 mi
Antler PointE 81°913 m13.9 mi
Lookout TowerSW 230°892 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 5080 °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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