Historic site · California
Rafael Soto Home Site
Rafael Soto Home Site is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 6 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Indian Mounds, a historic site 0.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1969-04-16
- Inscription
- In 1835 Rancho Rinconada del Arroyo de San Francisquito was occupied by Rafael Soto, son of Ygnacio Soto, a member of the De Anza expedition which camped near El Palo Alto. The Rancho was comprised of 2,229 acres. The Soto family built a home of redwood
How to reach it
Coordinates37.43738, -122.13546
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Rinconada Park: 0.6 mi
- Hoover Park: 0.6 mi
- Jerry Bowden Park: 0.6 mi
- Bowling Green Park: 0.7 mi
- Peers Park: 0.8 mi
Museums
- Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo: 0.7 mi
- Palo Alto History Museum: 1.3 mi
- Museum of American Heritage: 1.3 mi
- Hoover Tower: 1.9 mi
- Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 2.0 mi
Attractions
- Hewlett Packard's Garage: 1.1 mi
- Tower Well structure (historic): 1.8 mi
- Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter: 2.0 mi
- El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 2.0 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Coyote Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sand Hill: 4.8 mi
- Vista Hill: 5.5 mi
- Madera Point: 5.7 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 6.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 4.5 mi
- Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve: 5.8 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill): 6.5 mi
Historic sites
- Indian Mounds: 0.3 mi
- Nikola Tesla: 0.8 mi
- Uncle Jim’s Cabin: 1.0 mi
- Professorville: 1.0 mi
- Birthplace of "Silicon Valley": 1.1 mi
Artworks: 58
- Poetry Wall: 0.4 mi
- Bloom: 0.7 mi
- Sun Flowers: 0.9 mi
- Aeolis 10: 1.0 mi
- The Crows Project: You-Me-We: 1.5 mi
Gardens: 58
- Rinconada Garden: 0.6 mi
- Elizabeth Gamble Gardens: 0.7 mi
- El Carmelo School Native Habitat Garden: 0.9 mi
- Eleanor Pardee Garden: 1.0 mi
- S.T.A. Parish Pastoral Garden: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites: 55
- Steve and Loli Sy Oak Grove: 1.3 mi
- East Meadow Individual Area: 1.4 mi
- East Meadow Group Area: 1.5 mi
- Arbor Group Area: 1.5 mi
- Redwood Individual Area: 1.6 mi
Beaches: 43
- Niles beach: 12.1 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 14.8 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 15.0 mi
- Martins Beach: 15.6 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Peter's Creek Falls: 10.3 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 11.3 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 13.8 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 14.7 mi
- Butano Falls: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Drawbridge: 9.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 10.9 mi
- Russell City: 14.9 mi
- Purissima: 15.6 mi
- Lexington: 18.5 mi
Springs: 9
- Spring source: 8.7 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.5 mi
- Travertine Springs: 13.7 mi
- Congress Springs: 14.0 mi
- McClure Spring: 14.9 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Graffiti Rock: 11.6 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 14.7 mi
- Underworld Rock: 14.7 mi
- Chab: 20.3 mi
- The Bluff: 21.1 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Rafael Soto Home Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | S 171° | 985 m | 15.0 mi |
| Castle Rock | S 171° | 979 m | 14.6 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 167° | 917 m | 15.5 mi |
| Lookout Tower | S 174° | 892 m | 13.3 mi |
| Goat Rock | S 174° | 890 m | 14.5 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SSE 166° | 880 m | 15.8 mi |
| Summit Rock | S 172° | 878 m | 13.7 mi |
| Varian Peak | S 176° | 873 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 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 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 53 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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