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Memorial Tablet

Memorial Tablet from directly overhead

Memorial Tablet is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rose Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1898
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.44060, -122.17799
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Artworks
Parks
  • Jack W. Lyle Park: 0.4 mi
  • Nealon Park: 0.5 mi
  • El Camino Park: 0.6 mi
  • El Palo Alto Park: 0.6 mi
  • Tower Well park: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 0.6 mi
  • El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 0.6 mi
  • Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 0.6 mi
  • Tower Well structure (historic): 0.7 mi
  • Historic Railroad Station: 1.0 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Bicentennial Tree recognition: 0.6 mi
  • Portola Journey's End: 0.6 mi
  • Bicentennial of Portola Expedition and El Palo Alto tree: 0.6 mi
  • Ira E. Bonde commemorative plaque: 0.6 mi
  • original Palo Alto volunteer fire department bell 1904: 0.7 mi
Picnic sites
Peaks
  • Sand Hill: 2.6 mi
  • Coyote Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 4.3 mi
  • Madera Point: 5.2 mi
  • Vista Hill: 5.2 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 15
Springs: 9
  • Summit Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Summit Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Spring source: 8.9 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Congress Springs: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 12.7 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.5 mi
  • Chab: 20.3 mi
  • Aramai Point: 21.0 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Memorial Tablet. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE 163°985 m15.7 mi
Castle RockSSE 163°979 m15.3 mi
The PeakSSE 159°917 m16.4 mi
Lookout TowerSSE 164°892 m13.9 mi
Goat RockSSE 165°890 m15.2 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSE 159°880 m16.7 mi
Summit RockSSE 163°878 m14.5 mi
Varian PeakSSE 167°873 m14.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155576166686766615348
Precip in2.93.22.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/9951849106

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