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Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum

Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum from directly overhead

Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum is a historic site in California, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

The story

Park in the United States of America.

Wikidata Q49561275, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
22 m

What to expect

Operated by
City of Fremont

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.56562, -121.98070

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Attractions
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 0.6 mi
  • Niles: 1.3 mi
  • Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 3.6 mi
  • The Patterson House: 3.8 mi
  • iFLY Indoor Skydiving: 5.2 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Leaf CR Stone Garden: 0.8 mi
  • LEAF Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Environmentally Sustainable Garden: 1.8 mi
  • John Haley Community Garden: 2.1 mi
Parks
Picnic sites: 54
  • Triangle: 1.3 mi
  • Indo-ABC Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Reserved Area C: 1.4 mi
  • Reservation Picnic Area B: 1.5 mi
  • Lions 1 Area: 1.5 mi
Springs: 21
  • McClure Spring: 6.9 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 15.0 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 19.7 mi
  • Spring source: 20.1 mi
Beaches: 9
  • Niles beach: 1.6 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 10.5 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 15.4 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 17.8 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • The Bluff: 12.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 13.7 mi
  • Chab: 14.0 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 16.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 20.6 mi
Waterfalls: 5
Ghost towns: 4

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE1,169 m17.7 mi
Rose PeakESE1,163 m14.5 mi
Mount DayESE1,163 m18.3 mi
Mount LewisESE1,136 m17.4 mi
Lookout PointESE1,051 m17.6 mi
Baby PeakESE828 m18.7 mi
Monument Peak NorthSE800 m8.2 mi
Mount AllisonSE793 m7.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586265676867635551
Precip in3.03.22.51.20.50.20.00.00.10.71.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43985798

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