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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
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.44493, -122.16091
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
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
Artworks
Gardens
Picnic sites
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
Beaches: 44
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 10
Springs: 9
  • Summit Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Summit Spring: 8.1 mi
  • Spring source: 9.1 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 14.2 mi
  • Congress Springs: 15.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • 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 areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Palo Alto 100 Years. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE 166°985 m15.8 mi
Castle RockSSE 167°979 m15.4 mi
The PeakSSE 162°917 m16.4 mi
Lookout TowerSSE 168°892 m14.0 mi
Goat RockS 169°890 m15.3 mi
Summit RockSSE 166°878 m14.5 mi
Varian PeakS 170°873 m15.0 mi
Black MountainS 175°849 m8.8 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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/11412826369

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