Shenandoah Plaza
Shenandoah Plaza is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
Street furniture, interesting items on the landscape, and street lighting also add to the unique quality of the site. The furniture includes a detached community message board, a sundial and an historic anchor, both in front of building #25.
The story
The U.S. Naval Air Station, Sunnyvale Historic District, also known as Shenandoah Plaza, is a historic district located on 62.48 acres (25.3 ha) at Moffett Field, California. Hangars One, Two, and Three, and the adjacent Shenandoah Plaza are inclusively designated as the historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The Historic District was nominated by the US Navy and accepted into the National Register of Historic Places on Feb. 24, 1994. The Historic District was conveyed to NASA on July 1, 1994, as part of a federal military base reduction and closure action. The historic district consists of:
124 acres 22 contributing buildings / structures 9 contributing houses 3 monuments Total floor area of historic buildings is 1,498,000 square feet
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Wikidata Q7494170, joined on its National Register reference.
What the record says
- Built
- 1933
- Material
- stone
- Inscription
- Shenandoah Plaza In Memory of the Fourteen Officers and men USS Shenandoah Lost September 3, 1925 Lord, guard and guide the men who fly through the great spaces in the sky. Be with them always in the air, in darkening storms or sunlight air. Oh hear us
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Space Shuttle Orbiter wind tunnel model: 0.0 mi
- G: 0.9 mi
- Tick-Tock the Crocodile: 1.1 mi
- Cast Bronze Horse: 1.2 mi
- Scan: 1.3 mi
- Picnic Bench: 0.2 mi
- Evandale Park: 0.4 mi
- Chase Park: 0.5 mi
- Devonshire Park: 0.5 mi
- Moffet Field Exercise Bar: 0.7 mi
- Moffett Field Historical Society Museum: 0.3 mi
- Moffett Field Model Railroad Club: 0.3 mi
- Computer History Museum: 1.0 mi
- The Foster Museum: 2.3 mi
- Joshua Hendy Iron Works Museum: 3.1 mi
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 0.5 mi
- Plaza del Sol: 2.8 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 2.8 mi
- Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter: 4.1 mi
- Star Tower: 4.7 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 1.2 mi
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 4.2 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 5.1 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 5.2 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 5.2 mi
- Stan The T-Rex: 1.6 mi
- Fairchild Semiconductor Corporation site: 2.5 mi
- Martin Murphy Home and Estate: 2.7 mi
- De Anza Expedition: 2.7 mi
- Hendy's "California" Stamp Mill: 2.7 mi
- Soil&Water Garden: 1.7 mi
- Water-wise Demonstration Garden: 1.9 mi
- Senior Center Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Sister City Friendship rock garden: 2.0 mi
- Cuesta Pollinator Habitat: 2.9 mi
- Bubb Park picnic area: 2.6 mi
- Pine Grove Group Area: 3.0 mi
- Redwood Group Area: 3.0 mi
- Redwood Individual Area: 3.1 mi
- Arbor Group Area: 3.2 mi
- Coyote Hill: 5.0 mi
- Anza Knoll: 5.7 mi
- Ewing Hill: 6.6 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 6.7 mi
- Vista Hill: 7.3 mi
- Niles beach: 12.0 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 19.1 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 19.1 mi
- Martins Beach: 19.3 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 19.4 mi
- Spring source: 8.8 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.4 mi
- McClure Spring: 12.0 mi
- Travertine Springs: 12.6 mi
- Summit Spring: 13.6 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 10.2 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.6 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 13.0 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 14.3 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 17.9 mi
- Drawbridge: 6.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 13.5 mi
- Lexington: 15.3 mi
- Alma: 16.6 mi
- Russell City: 17.2 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 9.3 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 12.8 mi
- Underworld Rock: 12.9 mi
- The Bluff: 17.7 mi
- Chab: 22.5 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.9 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Shenandoah Plaza. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | S 188° | 985 m | 13.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | S 189° | 979 m | 12.8 mi |
| The Peak | S 183° | 917 m | 13.3 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSW 193° | 892 m | 11.7 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSW 192° | 890 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | S 182° | 880 m | 13.5 mi |
| Summit Rock | S 190° | 878 m | 12.0 mi |
| Varian Peak | SSW 194° | 873 m | 12.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 94000045OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1217319231
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