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Hidden Canyon Park

Hidden Canyon Park from directly overhead

Hidden Canyon Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 162 m. Black Mountain stands 849 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Hallmark Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Belmont Parks and Recreation Department
Access
Yes

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.50312, -122.30026
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hallmark Park: 0.5 mi
  • Belameda Park: 0.6 mi
  • Vista Park: 0.6 mi
  • The Quad: 0.6 mi
  • North Crestview Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • Belmont Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Chartes Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Walled Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Dutch Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 2.4 mi
Picnic sites
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 4.0 mi
  • Public Bocce Court: 4.2 mi
  • Kite Surfing Windsock: 5.0 mi
  • Lemos Farm: 6.1 mi
  • Historic Railroad Station: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 49
Waterfalls: 16
  • Grey Fox Creek Fountain: 16.3 mi
  • Peter's Creek Falls: 16.4 mi
  • Gerow's Waterfall: 17.8 mi
  • Butano Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Butano Falls: 18.1 mi
Springs: 11
  • Summit Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Summit Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Spring source: 15.2 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 20.2 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 21.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Aramai Point: 13.1 mi
  • Chab: 18.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 20.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 22.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 22.2 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Lighthouses: 3
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Hidden Canyon Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainSSE 147°849 m15.3 mi
Turtle RockSSE 152°812 m18.3 mi
Borel HillSSE 156°766 m13.8 mi
Morena SierraS 184°731 m6.4 mi
Allen LookoutS 178°708 m8.0 mi
Skeggs PointS 183°703 m6.4 mi
Langley HillSSE 164°677 m12.4 mi
Mount MelvilleSSE 159°672 m12.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1418:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505255586266696967625449
Precip in3.83.63.01.10.50.20.00.00.10.91.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redwood City, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/295025961

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