Historic site · California

Palo Alto 100 Years

Palo Alto 100 Years from directly overhead

Palo Alto 100 Years is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 18 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Lytton Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material: stone

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Coordinates37.44493, -122.16091

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Lytton Plaza: 0.1 mi
Cogswell Plaza: 0.1 mi
Heritage Park: 0.2 mi
Scott Park: 0.3 mi
Johnson Park: 0.3 mi

Museums

Museum of American Heritage: 0.2 mi
Palo Alto History Museum: 0.2 mi
Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo: 0.9 mi
Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 0.9 mi
Hoover Tower: 1.2 mi

Historic sites

Cardinal French Laundry (1931-1989): 0.2 mi
University A.M.E. Zion Church 1925-1965: 0.2 mi
Palo Alto’s First Community House: 0.3 mi
original Palo Alto volunteer fire department bell 1904: 0.3 mi
First Hospital: 0.3 mi

Attractions

Tower Well structure (historic): 0.4 mi
Hewlett Packard's Garage: 0.4 mi
El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 0.5 mi
Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 1.2 mi
Stem Cell Research information placards: 1.3 mi

Peaks

Coyote Hill: 3.3 mi
Sand Hill: 3.6 mi
Eagle Hill: 5.0 mi
Vista Hill: 5.6 mi
Madera Point: 5.6 mi

Nature reserves

Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve: 4.9 mi
Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill): 5.1 mi
Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 5.4 mi
Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 5.5 mi
Wunderlich County Park: 6.5 mi

Artworks

Gardens57

Picnic sites55

Steve and Loli Sy Oak Grove: 1.0 mi
Oak Grove: 1.1 mi
EBF Picnic: 1.9 mi
East Meadow Individual Area: 2.9 mi
East Meadow Group Area: 2.9 mi

Beaches43

Niles beach: 12.6 mi
Coyote Point Beach: 13.5 mi
Aardvark Beach: 13.7 mi
Martins Beach: 14.5 mi
Tunitas Beach: 14.6 mi

Waterfalls13

Peter's Creek Falls: 10.7 mi
Gerow's Waterfall: 11.8 mi
Tip Toe Falls: 13.9 mi
Castle Rock Falls: 15.4 mi
Butano Falls: 16.4 mi

Ghost towns10

Drawbridge: 10.3 mi
Stokes Landing: 10.4 mi
Purissima: 14.3 mi
Russell City: 14.4 mi
Lexington: 19.6 mi

Springs8

Summit Spring: 8.1 mi
Spring source: 9.1 mi
Travertine Springs: 14.2 mi
Congress Springs: 15.0 mi
McClure Spring: 16.1 mi

Cliffs8

Graffiti Rock: 12.6 mi
Underworld Rock: 15.5 mi
Lyme Disease Rock: 15.5 mi
Chab: 19.9 mi
Aramai Point: 21.7 mi

Rest areas1

Crystal Springs Safety Roadside Rest Area: 12.9 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Palo Alto 100 Years. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Mount Bielawski	SSE 166°	985 m	15.8 mi
Castle Rock	SSE 167°	979 m	15.4 mi
The Peak	SSE 162°	917 m	16.4 mi
Lookout Tower	SSE 168°	892 m	14.0 mi
Goat Rock	S 169°	890 m	15.3 mi
Sunnyvale Mountain	SSE 162°	880 m	16.6 mi
Summit Rock	SSE 166°	878 m	14.5 mi
Varian Peak	S 170°	873 m	15.0 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:13	18:46	19:21
June solstice	05:49	19:55	20:34
September equinox	06:57	18:33	19:07
December solstice	07:20	16:14	16:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Avg °F	48	51	55	57	61	66	68	67	66	61	53	48
Precip in	2.9	3.2	2.2	1.0	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.6	1.6	2.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11412826369

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