Historic site · California
The Gill Trail
The Gill Trail is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 133 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Carriage Room Museum, a museum 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- in honor of Robert F. Gill for his dedication to Woodside Trails
How to reach it
Coordinates37.40793, -122.24889
Named places within 25 miles
Museums
- Carriage Room Museum: 0.7 mi
- Woodside Store: 2.2 mi
- Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 4.6 mi
- Hoover Tower: 4.7 mi
- Bill and Jean Lane Education Center: 4.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Wunderlich County Park: 1.1 mi
- Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill): 2.4 mi
- Huddart County Park: 3.6 mi
- Windy Hill Open Space Preserve: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
- The Sierra Club Edna Bloss Thorne Memorial: 1.0 mi
- Dwight Crowder Trail Plaque: 3.3 mi
- Casa De Tableta: 3.5 mi
- California Registered State Landmark No 834: 3.8 mi
- BCPA Flight 304 Memorial: 3.9 mi
Peaks
- Sand Hill: 1.9 mi
- Teague Hill: 2.8 mi
- Kelly Hill: 2.9 mi
- Allen Lookout: 2.9 mi
- Windy Hill: 3.0 mi
Parks
- Woodside Store: 2.2 mi
- Sharon Park: 2.4 mi
- Sharon Hills Park: 2.7 mi
- Barkley Fields and Park: 2.7 mi
- Stanford Hills Park: 3.0 mi
Attractions
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 4.3 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 4.3 mi
- Historic Railroad Station: 4.9 mi
- El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 5.1 mi
- Tower Well structure (historic): 5.2 mi
Artworks
- Woodside Horses: 1.5 mi
- Old Barn: 4.0 mi
- Dialogue: 4.2 mi
- MOCNA, 2018: 4.3 mi
- Bike Tree: 4.3 mi
Gardens: 58
- Oak Road Garden: 4.1 mi
- Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden: 4.3 mi
- Catherine Brennan Memorial Rose Garden: 4.4 mi
- Rodin Sculpture Garden: 4.6 mi
- Lane B Community Garden: 4.6 mi
Picnic sites: 54
- East Meadow Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Oak Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- West Meadow Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Sequoia Youth Group Area`: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 45
- Martins Beach: 9.1 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 9.1 mi
- Whale Bone Beach: 9.7 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 9.9 mi
- Cowell Ranch Beach: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 13
- Peter's Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 11.1 mi
- Butano Falls: 12.1 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 9
- Purissima: 9.2 mi
- Stokes Landing: 14.0 mi
- Drawbridge: 15.6 mi
- Russell City: 18.1 mi
- Lexington: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Graffiti Rock: 13.2 mi
- Underworld Rock: 15.1 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 15.2 mi
- Aramai Point: 19.4 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 21.1 mi
Springs: 7
- Summit Spring: 3.4 mi
- Spring source: 8.1 mi
- Travertine Springs: 13.1 mi
- Bulls Spring: 14.6 mi
- Congress Springs: 15.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of The Gill Trail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | SE 146° | 985 m | 15.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | SE 146° | 979 m | 15.0 mi |
| The Peak | SE 143° | 917 m | 16.3 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SE 145° | 892 m | 13.5 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSE 148° | 890 m | 14.6 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SE 143° | 880 m | 16.6 mi |
| Summit Rock | SE 144° | 878 m | 14.2 mi |
| Varian Peak | SSE 149° | 873 m | 14.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 54 | 49 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodside Fire STN 1, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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