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Professorville

Professorville from directly overhead

Professorville is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 13 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Birthplace of "Silicon Valley", a historic site 0.1 miles away.

The story

historic district in Palo Alto, California

Wikidata Q7248232, matched on coordinates and name (102 m apart).

What the record says

Built
1969-04-16
Inscription
This neighborhood, subdivided in 1889 by Timothy Hopkins at the request of Senator Leland Stanford was the earliest off-campus residential area for professors at Stanford University. Built in sturdy "turn of the century" style, these early homes survived

How to reach it

Coordinates37.44221, -122.15324

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Hewlett Packard's Garage: 0.1 mi
  • Tower Well structure (historic): 0.8 mi
  • El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 1.0 mi
  • Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 1.4 mi
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 1.5 mi
Parks
Gardens
Picnic sites
Artworks
Peaks
  • Coyote Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Sand Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Eagle Hill: 5.4 mi
  • Vista Hill: 5.5 mi
  • Madera Point: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 44
Waterfalls: 16
Ghost towns: 11
Springs: 10
  • Summit Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Summit Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Spring source: 8.9 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Congress Springs: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.2 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.2 mi
  • Chab: 20.0 mi
  • The Bluff: 22.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.2 miles of Professorville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE 168°985 m15.5 mi
Castle RockSSE 168°979 m15.1 mi
The PeakSSE 164°917 m16.1 mi
Lookout TowerS 170°892 m13.7 mi
Goat RockS 170°890 m15.0 mi
Summit RockSSE 168°878 m14.2 mi
Varian PeakS 172°873 m14.8 mi
Black MountainS 178°849 m8.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

The recorded facing catches the sunset.

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, under a mile away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8339441003

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