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United States Post Office

United States Post Office from directly overhead

United States Post Office is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Figure Holding the Sun, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Register of Historical Resources
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.33338, -121.89022
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Figure Holding the Sun: 0.0 mi
  • El Callejón del Beso: 0.1 mi
  • Tony Di Maggio’s: 0.1 mi
  • Aquarium: 0.1 mi
  • Sap 25: 0.1 mi
Parks
Museums
Attractions
  • Monopoly in the Park: 0.4 mi
  • Dragon Flyers: 1.5 mi
  • Danny the Dragon Train: 1.5 mi
  • Pacific Fruit Express: 1.5 mi
  • Kiddie Swings: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.9 mi
  • Lone Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Alum Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.8 mi
Gardens: 59
Historic sites: 56
Nature reserves
Picnic sites: 50
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Danny's Place: 1.5 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 1.5 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 1.5 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 1.5 mi
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 24
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 6
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.8 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.6 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.9 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.7 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Niles beach: 18.1 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of United States Post Office. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory PeakE1,298 m13.6 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE1,286 m13.8 mi
Mount HamiltonE1,279 m13.6 mi
Huyghens PeakE1,276 m13.7 mi
Galileo PeakE1,273 m14.1 mi
Ptolemy PeakE1,237 m13.5 mi
Black MountainNE1,169 m12.6 mi
Mount DayENE1,163 m12.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/6452840446

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