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Nikkei Lantern

Nikkei Lantern from directly overhead

Nikkei Lantern is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 20 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Issei Pioneer Stone, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
steel
Inscription
FEBRUARY / 19 / 1942
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Japantown Community Congress of San Jose

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.34893, -121.89423
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Parks
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.3 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.3 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.3 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.3 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 4.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.2 mi
  • Alum Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.4 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 25
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.1 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.8 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.1 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.8 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 17.0 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.3 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.5 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.4 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Nikkei Lantern. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory PeakE 92°1,298 m13.8 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 92°1,286 m14.1 mi
Mount HamiltonE 92°1,279 m13.8 mi
Huyghens PeakE 92°1,276 m14.0 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 93°1,237 m13.8 mi
Black MountainENE 60°1,169 m12.2 mi
Mount DayENE 65°1,163 m11.7 mi
Mount UmunhumS 181°1,063 m13.0 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.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/11520416478

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