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History Park at Kelley Park

History Park at Kelley Park, a museum in California
History Park at Kelley Park, a museum in CaliforniaHarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
History Park at Kelley Park, a museum in California
HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
History Park at Kelley Park, a museum in California
HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
History Park at Kelley Park, a museum in California
HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
History Park at Kelley Park, a museum in California
HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0
History Park at Kelley Park, a museum in California
HarshLight from San Jose, CA, USA · CC BY 2.0

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History Park at Kelley Park is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Hellenic Heritage Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.

About

The story

History Park at Kelley Park in San Jose, California, United States, is designed as an indoor/outdoor museum, arranged to appear as a small US town might have in the early 1900s (decade). Since its inauguration in 1971, 32 historic buildings and other landmarks have either been moved from their original locations or are represented by replicas.

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Dates from 1971-06-18.

Wikidata Q104600028, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Built
1971
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
History San José

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.31971, -121.85776
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Attractions
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Perch: 0.5 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 0.5 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 0.5 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Peaks
Nature reserves
Springs: 32
Waterfalls: 24
  • Castle Rock Falls: 15.1 mi
  • Gerow's Waterfall: 16.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 16.5 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 16.7 mi
  • Black Rock Falls: 16.7 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Beaches: 11
  • Niles beach: 19.6 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 20.2 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Potbelly Beach: 24.0 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 12.2 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.9 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 14.4 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 22.0 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of History Park at Kelley Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 81°1,327 m12.7 mi
Observatory PeakE 83°1,298 m11.9 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 82°1,295 m12.8 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 82°1,286 m12.1 mi
Mount HamiltonE 83°1,279 m11.9 mi
Huyghens PeakE 83°1,276 m12.0 mi
Mount IsabelE 88°1,275 m13.0 mi
Galileo PeakE 80°1,273 m12.5 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/28465159

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