Hoover Tower
Hoover Tower is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Stainless Garden, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
285-foot structure on the campus of Stanford University
Wikidata Q5898829, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 87 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Stainless Garden: 0.0 mi
- Big Ram Skull and Horn: 0.1 mi
- Pillars of Hercules III: 0.1 mi
- The Burghers of Calais: 0.2 mi
- The Sieve of Eratosthenes: 0.2 mi
- Lasuen Mall: 0.1 mi
- Galvez Mall: 0.1 mi
- Meyer Green: 0.1 mi
- Escondido Mall: 0.2 mi
- Koret Plaza: 0.3 mi
- Oak Grove: 0.2 mi
- Steve and Loli Sy Oak Grove: 0.5 mi
- EBF Picnic: 0.7 mi
- East Meadow Individual Area: 2.8 mi
- East Meadow Group Area: 2.8 mi
- Lane B Community Garden: 0.4 mi
- Rodin Sculpture Garden: 0.4 mi
- Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden: 0.4 mi
- EVGR Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- EV South Garden: 0.6 mi
- In Memory of Charles A. “Chuck” Taylor: 0.4 mi
- In Memory of Glenn S. “Pop” Warner: 0.4 mi
- Chanel Miller Contemplative Garden: 0.6 mi
- California Registered State Landmark No 834: 0.9 mi
- Palo Alto’s First Community House: 1.0 mi
- Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 0.5 mi
- Palo Alto History Museum: 1.2 mi
- Museum of American Heritage: 1.3 mi
- Palo Alto Junior Museum and Zoo: 1.6 mi
- West Bay Model Railroad Association: 2.0 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 0.6 mi
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 0.6 mi
- Hewlett Packard's Garage: 1.3 mi
- Tower Well structure (historic): 1.3 mi
- El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 1.4 mi
- Coyote Hill: 2.2 mi
- Sand Hill: 2.9 mi
- Vista Hill: 4.4 mi
- Madera Point: 4.4 mi
- Eagle Hill: 5.3 mi
- Niles beach: 13.7 mi
- Martins Beach: 13.8 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 13.8 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 14.2 mi
- Whale Bone Beach: 14.3 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 9.5 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.6 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 12.7 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 14.3 mi
- Butano Falls: 15.2 mi
- Drawbridge: 10.9 mi
- Stokes Landing: 11.6 mi
- Purissima: 13.8 mi
- Russell City: 15.7 mi
- Lexington: 18.8 mi
- Summit Spring: 7.7 mi
- Summit Spring: 7.7 mi
- Spring source: 7.9 mi
- Travertine Springs: 13.1 mi
- Congress Springs: 14.0 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 11.6 mi
- Underworld Rock: 14.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 14.5 mi
- Chab: 21.1 mi
- Aramai Point: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Hoover Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | SSE 164° | 985 m | 14.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSE 164° | 979 m | 14.3 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 160° | 917 m | 15.3 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSE 166° | 892 m | 12.9 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSE 167° | 890 m | 14.2 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SSE 160° | 880 m | 15.6 mi |
| Summit Rock | SSE 164° | 878 m | 13.4 mi |
| Varian Peak | SSE 168° | 873 m | 13.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 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 | 48 | 51 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 66 | 68 | 67 | 66 | 61 | 53 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 3.2 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/232805688
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