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Rafael Soto Home Site

Rafael Soto Home Site from directly overhead

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.

The record

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
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.43738, -122.13546
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
Parks
Museums
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
Picnic sites
Peaks
Nature reserves
Beaches: 44
Waterfalls: 16
Ghost towns: 13
Springs: 10
  • Spring source: 8.7 mi
  • Summit Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Summit Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 13.7 mi
  • Congress Springs: 14.0 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
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Rafael Soto Home Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 171°985 m15.0 mi
Castle RockS 171°979 m14.6 mi
The PeakSSE 167°917 m15.5 mi
Lookout TowerS 174°892 m13.3 mi
Goat RockS 174°890 m14.5 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSE 166°880 m15.8 mi
Summit RockS 172°878 m13.7 mi
Varian PeakS 176°873 m14.3 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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/750386636

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