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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.

About

The story

park in the United States of America

Wikidata Q49561275, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
22 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Fremont

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.56562, -121.98070
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Leaf CR Stone Garden: 0.8 mi
  • LEAF Community Garden: 1.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Environmentally Sustainable Garden: 1.8 mi
Museums
Parks
  • Niles Park: 0.5 mi
  • Niles Community Park: 0.6 mi
  • Niles Park: 0.6 mi
  • Niles community park: 0.6 mi
  • niles park: 0.7 mi
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
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • 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
Peaks
Nature reserves
Springs: 23
  • 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
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.7 miles of Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE 120°1,169 m17.7 mi
Rose PeakESE 105°1,163 m14.5 mi
Mount DayESE 123°1,163 m18.3 mi
Mount LewisESE 110°1,136 m17.4 mi
Lookout PointESE 101°1,051 m17.6 mi
Black MountainSSW 208°849 m19.5 mi
Baby PeakESE 112°828 m18.7 mi
Monument Peak NorthSE 130°800 m8.2 mi
Conditions

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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/43985798

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