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Stan The T-Rex

Stan The T-Rex from directly overhead

Stan The T-Rex is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Balance, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

No matter how big and bad you are, if you don't evolve, you go extinct.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Limited
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.42186, -122.08479
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Charleston Park: 0.1 mi
  • Vista Slope: 0.3 mi
  • Sculpture Plaza: 0.4 mi
  • Sierra Vista Park: 0.4 mi
  • Crittenden Hill: 0.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
Gardens: 59
  • Soil&Water Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Senior Center Community Garden: 1.6 mi
  • S.T.A. Parish Pastoral Garden: 2.1 mi
  • Water-wise Demonstration Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Sister City Friendship rock garden: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks: 58
  • Balance: 0.1 mi
  • Android: 0.1 mi
  • Google Sign: 0.1 mi
  • Android 4.1-4.3 "Jelly Bean": 0.1 mi
  • Android 5.x "Lollipop": 0.1 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 56
Beaches: 37
Ghost towns: 14
Waterfalls: 13
Springs: 11
  • Spring source: 8.6 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.2 mi
  • Congress Springs: 12.3 mi
  • McClure Spring: 12.8 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 13.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.7 mi
  • Chab: 21.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Stan The T-Rex. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS985 m13.7 mi
Castle RockS979 m13.4 mi
The PeakS917 m14.0 mi
Lookout TowerS892 m12.2 mi
Goat RockS890 m13.4 mi
Sunnyvale MountainS880 m14.3 mi
Summit RockS878 m12.5 mi
Varian PeakS873 m13.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586266686868645651
Precip in2.52.92.01.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/3105011049

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