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Martin Murphy Home and Estate

Martin Murphy Home and Estate from directly overhead

Martin Murphy Home and Estate is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is De Anza Expedition, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1960-05-22
Material
bronze
Inscription
Home of Martin Murphy Jr. / Martin Murphy, Jr., arrived in California with his family in 1844 in the first wagon train to cross the Sierra Nevada. The founder of Sunnyvale, he constructed here his house of pre-fabricated lumber…
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Coordinates37.38212, -122.02618
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Attractions
Gardens: 60
Peaks
Artworks
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
Picnic sites: 52
  • Baylands Park Picnic area: 2.6 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.1 mi
  • Bubb Park picnic area: 3.1 mi
  • Central Park Pavillion: 4.0 mi
  • Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 35
Waterfalls: 23
Springs: 17
  • Spring source: 8.8 mi
  • Congress Springs: 9.6 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 11.7 mi
  • McClure Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 14.7 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 7.7 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 11.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 11.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 16.9 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 22.9 mi
Rest areas: 1
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Martin Murphy Home and Estate. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSW985 m11.6 mi
Castle RockSSW979 m11.3 mi
The PeakSSW917 m11.5 mi
Lookout TowerSSW892 m10.4 mi
Goat RockSSW890 m11.5 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSW880 m11.7 mi
Summit RockSSW878 m10.6 mi
Varian PeakSSW873 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586266686868645651
Precip in2.52.92.01.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/7684087077

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