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The Port and Town of Alviso

The Port and Town of Alviso from directly overhead

The Port and Town of Alviso is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is The Steamboat Jenny Lind Disaster, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

About

The story

former town in Santa Clara County, California, United States, consolidated into San Jose in 1968

Dates from 1852-03-26.

Wikidata Q114414879, matched on coordinates and name (547 m apart).

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.42989, -121.97925
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
Picnic sites
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
Springs: 15
  • McClure Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Spring source: 12.9 mi
  • Congress Springs: 13.4 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 15.9 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 17.1 mi
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 14
Beaches: 11
  • Niles beach: 10.4 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 18.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.8 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.5 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 18.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of The Port and Town of Alviso. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainE 88°1,169 m15.3 mi
Rose PeakENE 68°1,163 m15.0 mi
Mount DayE 92°1,163 m15.3 mi
Mount BielawskiSSW 204°985 m15.6 mi
Castle RockSSW 205°979 m15.3 mi
The PeakSSW 199°917 m15.4 mi
Antler PointESE 103°913 m15.4 mi
Lookout TowerSSW 209°892 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1316:54

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, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/10935320771

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