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Portola Journey's End

Portola Journey's End from directly overhead

Portola Journey's End is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Ira E. Bonde commemorative plaque, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Material
bronze
Inscription
November 6-10, 1769 Near "El Palo Alto" the tall tree. The Portola Expedition of 63 men and 200 horses and mules camped. They had travelled from San Diego in search of Monterey but discovered instead the Bay of San Francisco.
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Coordinates37.44775, -122.17086
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Ira E. Bonde commemorative plaque: 0.0 mi
  • Bicentennial Tree recognition: 0.0 mi
  • Bicentennial of Portola Expedition and El Palo Alto tree: 0.1 mi
  • original Palo Alto volunteer fire department bell 1904: 0.3 mi
  • Palo Alto’s First Community House: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • El Palo Alto Park: 0.1 mi
  • El Camino Park: 0.1 mi
  • Tower Well park: 0.2 mi
  • Burgess Park: 0.4 mi
  • Johnson Park: 0.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Sand Hill: 3.2 mi
  • Coyote Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Madera Point: 5.7 mi
  • Vista Hill: 5.7 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens: 57
Picnic sites: 55
Beaches: 43
Waterfalls: 13
Ghost towns: 10
Springs: 8
  • Summit Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Spring source: 9.3 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 14.5 mi
  • Congress Springs: 15.4 mi
  • McClure Spring: 16.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 13.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.8 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.9 mi
  • Chab: 19.7 mi
  • Aramai Point: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE985 m16.1 mi
Castle RockSSE979 m15.7 mi
The PeakSSE917 m16.7 mi
Lookout TowerSSE892 m14.3 mi
Goat RockSSE890 m15.6 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSE880 m17.0 mi
Summit RockSSE878 m14.8 mi
Varian PeakSSE873 m15.3 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/11090159919

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