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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
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
Artworks: 58
Gardens: 57
Picnic sites: 55
Beaches: 43
Waterfalls: 14
Ghost towns: 11
Springs: 9
  • Summit Spring: 8.5 mi
  • Spring source: 8.9 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Congress Springs: 14.6 mi
  • McClure Spring: 15.7 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 16.6 miles of Professorville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiSSE985 m15.5 mi
Castle RockSSE979 m15.1 mi
The PeakSSE917 m16.1 mi
Lookout TowerS892 m13.7 mi
Goat RockS890 m15.0 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSE880 m16.3 mi
Summit RockSSE878 m14.2 mi
Varian PeakS873 m14.8 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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