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Ng Shing Gung Temple, North 6th & Taylor Streets

Ng Shing Gung Temple, North 6th & Taylor Streets from directly overhead

Ng Shing Gung Temple, North 6th & Taylor Streets is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sheltering Wing, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

Former Chinese temple and community center in San Jose, California, United States.

Dates from 1888.

Wikidata Q123159405, matched on coordinates and name (113 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
marble
Inscription
“Shrine of good fortune and virtue alike in the benevolence that shelters far and wide, with tranquility carry boundless good fortune.” A Taoist temple, it housed gilded Buddhist symbols combined with folklore and historical ornamentation, all imported fr
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Coordinates37.35041, -121.89381
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Gardens: 60
Attractions
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.3 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.1 mi
  • Alum Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.5 mi
Artworks
Historic sites: 56
  • Coming to America;定居在美國: 0.0 mi
  • San José’s Chinatowns;聖荷西唐人埠: 0.0 mi
  • John Heinlen & The Heinlen Family Company;約翰·海因倫及其家族: 0.0 mi
  • 一步一腳印;Each Step Leaves a Legacy: 0.0 mi
  • Ng Shing Gung;五聖宮: 0.0 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 50
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.3 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.4 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.4 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.4 mi
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 23
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.1 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.0 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.8 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.1 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.7 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 16.9 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.8 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Ng Shing Gung Temple, North 6th & Taylor Streets. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory PeakE1,298 m13.8 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE1,286 m14.0 mi
Mount HamiltonE1,279 m13.8 mi
Huyghens PeakE1,276 m13.9 mi
Galileo PeakE1,273 m14.2 mi
Ptolemy PeakE1,237 m13.7 mi
Black MountainENE1,169 m12.2 mi
Mount DayENE1,163 m11.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11256130435

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