Pulgas Water Temple
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Pulgas Water Temple is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 93 m. Black Mountain stands 849 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Pulgas Water Temple grounds, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
The Pulgas Water Temple is a stone structure in Redwood City, California, United States, designed by architect William G. Merchant. It was erected by the San Francisco Water Department to commemorate the 1934 completion of the Hetch Hetchy Aqueduct and is located at the aqueduct's terminus; originally water flowed through a vault under the temple itself, but new requirements for treatment require it to be diverted to a plant nearby. The name comes from Rancho de las Pulgas, an early Spanish land grant. Pulgas is the Spanish word for "fleas". The grant was named as such because the main village of the Lamchin, the Ohlone tribe living in the San Carlos area before the Spanish settlers arrived, was called, "Cachanigtac." The name appears to contain a word for vermin, which the Spanish missionaries translated as Las Pulgas (the Fleas).
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Wikidata Q7259298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1938
- Inscription
- I give waters in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert, to give drink to my people. — Isiah XLII: XX
What to expect
- Operated by
- San Francisco Public Utilities Commision
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Pulgas Water Temple grounds: 0.0 mi
- Filoli Estate: 1.0 mi
- North Crestview Park: 1.3 mi
- Hallmark Park: 1.4 mi
- Vista Park: 1.4 mi
- Chartes Garden: 1.0 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.0 mi
- Dutch Garden: 1.0 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- Knot Garden: 1.1 mi
- Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve: 1.4 mi
- Hidden Canyon Park: 1.7 mi
- Waterdog Lake Open Space: 1.7 mi
- Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Phleger Estate: 2.7 mi
- Len Turner Memorial Vista Point: 2.0 mi
- Town of West Union: 2.0 mi
- Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite: 2.0 mi
- El Camino Real: 3.4 mi
- City Trees: 3.9 mi
- Bill and Jean Lane Education Center: 2.2 mi
- Museum of San Carlos History: 3.5 mi
- Hiller Aviation Museum: 4.1 mi
- Woodside Store: 4.3 mi
- San Mateo County History Museum: 4.8 mi
- Lunch Area 1: 2.5 mi
- Lunch Area 2: 2.5 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Buckeye Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Meadow Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Belmont Hill: 2.9 mi
- Kings Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Brittan Knoll: 3.1 mi
- Eagle Hill: 4.1 mi
- Wing Lam gravesite: 3.4 mi
- Lemos Farm: 5.0 mi
- Public Bocce Court: 5.3 mi
- Kite Surfing Windsock: 6.6 mi
- Historic Railroad Station: 7.6 mi
- The Juggler: 4.1 mi
- Mirror Labyrinth NY - for California: 4.1 mi
- Crisantemos: 4.5 mi
- Soledad O. De Argüello: 4.7 mi
- Shalom: 4.8 mi
- Francis Beach: 7.2 mi
- Elmar Beach: 7.2 mi
- Poplar Beach: 7.3 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 7.3 mi
- Mateo Coast State Beaches: 7.3 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 15.7 mi
- Butano Falls: 16.7 mi
- Butano Falls: 16.7 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 17.0 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 17.1 mi
- Summit Spring: 4.0 mi
- Summit Spring: 4.0 mi
- Spring source: 14.5 mi
- Travertine Springs: 19.4 mi
- Bulls Spring: 20.6 mi
- Purissima: 7.8 mi
- Stokes Landing: 12.1 mi
- Russell City: 15.4 mi
- Drawbridge: 18.8 mi
- Lynn: 22.4 mi
- Aramai Point: 13.1 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 19.6 mi
- Chab: 20.0 mi
- Underworld Rock: 21.5 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 21.6 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 22.5 mi
- Quarters A: 22.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Pulgas Water Temple. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | SE 141° | 849 m | 14.8 mi |
| Turtle Rock | SSE 148° | 812 m | 17.6 mi |
| Borel Hill | SSE 150° | 766 m | 13.0 mi |
| Morena Sierra | S 175° | 731 m | 5.1 mi |
| Allen Lookout | S 170° | 708 m | 6.8 mi |
| Skeggs Point | S 173° | 703 m | 5.0 mi |
| Langley Hill | SSE 157° | 677 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Melville | SSE 152° | 672 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 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 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redwood City, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/218948747
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