Historic site · California

Sunol Water Temple

Sunol Water Temple from directly overhead

Sunol Water Temple is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 73 m. Eylar Mountain stands 1,224 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Mayor Bosco, a artwork 0.6 miles away.

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Coordinates37.58548, -121.88549

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums

Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard: 1.9 mi
Washington Township Museum of Local History: 4.3 mi
Niles Depot Museum: 5.1 mi
Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum: 5.2 mi
Museum on Main: 5.3 mi

Peaks

Sunol Peak: 3.1 mi
Maguire Peaks: 3.9 mi
Mission Peak: 5.0 mi
Flag Hill: 5.1 mi
Vista Grande: 5.6 mi

Historic sites

Vallejo Mill Ruins: 4.8 mi
Armed Forces memorial plaque: 5.1 mi
Gallegos Winery: 5.2 mi
The Hiram Davis Property: 5.2 mi
Shinn Historical Park and Arboretum: 5.4 mi

Attractions

Niles: 4.8 mi
Alameda County Fairgrounds: 5.2 mi
Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 5.5 mi
Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 5.6 mi
W-Tree: 7.0 mi

Parks

Buena Vista Park: 3.9 mi
Mission San Jose Community Park: 4.0 mi
Community Park: 4.1 mi
Vallejo Mill Park: 4.3 mi
Richter Field: 4.4 mi

Nature reserves

Artworks58

Mayor Bosco: 0.6 mi
Unity: 5.4 mi
Turtle Statue: 8.2 mi
Conversation: 8.3 mi
The Junction: 8.5 mi

Gardens58

Gardens at Palmdale: 3.9 mi
Leaf CR Stone Garden: 4.7 mi
Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 5.4 mi
LEAF Community Garden: 5.7 mi
John Haley Community Garden: 6.4 mi

Picnic sites54

Indo-ABC Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
Triangle: 4.6 mi
Reserved "A" Area: 4.9 mi
Dock Area: 5.0 mi
Reserved "D" Area: 5.0 mi

Springs19

McClure Spring: 5.4 mi
Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 9.9 mi
Eugene Spring: 10.7 mi
Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 17.0 mi
Sulfur Spring: 18.1 mi

Beaches7

Shadow Cliffs Beach: 6.3 mi
Niles beach: 6.5 mi
Del Valle East Beach: 10.2 mi
Del Valle West Beach: 10.5 mi
Sandy Beach: 21.2 mi

Cliffs7

Del Valle Cliffs: 8.3 mi
The Bluff: 8.8 mi
Chab: 16.7 mi
The Devil's Shelf: 17.2 mi
Turtle Rock: 19.7 mi

Ghost towns6

Drawbridge: 9.6 mi
Stokes Landing: 14.3 mi
Russell City: 14.4 mi
Lynn: 24.1 mi
Acelanus: 24.5 mi

Waterfalls2

Tehan Falls: 6.8 mi
Murietta Falls: 10.0 mi

On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.5 miles of Sunol Water Temple. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Eylar Mountain	ESE 112°	1,224 m	19.5 mi
Black Mountain	SE 135°	1,169 m	14.4 mi
Rose Peak	ESE 120°	1,163 m	10.2 mi
Mount Day	SE 138°	1,163 m	15.2 mi
Mount Lewis	ESE 123°	1,136 m	13.3 mi
Cedar Mountain	E 97°	1,118 m	15.4 mi
Lookout Point	ESE 112°	1,051 m	13.0 mi
Rattlesnake Butte	SE 135°	960 m	18.5 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:12	18:45	19:20
June solstice	05:47	19:54	20:33
September equinox	06:56	18:32	19:06
December solstice	07:20	16:12	16:53

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	65	67	68	67	63	55	51
Precip in	3.0	3.2	2.5	1.2	0.5	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.7	1.6	3.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1002107868

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