Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve
Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Searsville Historical Marker, a park 0.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Stanford School of Humanities and Sciences
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Searsville Historical Marker: 0.6 mi
- Sharon Park: 1.9 mi
- Sharon Hills Park: 2.3 mi
- Stanford Hills Park: 2.3 mi
- Triangle Park: 2.7 mi
- The Gill Trail: 0.8 mi
- The Sierra Club Edna Bloss Thorne Memorial: 1.4 mi
- Dwight Crowder Trail Plaque: 2.7 mi
- Casa De Tableta: 2.7 mi
- California Registered State Landmark No 834: 3.1 mi
- Sand Hill: 1.5 mi
- Kelly Hill: 2.8 mi
- Windy Hill: 2.9 mi
- Allen Lookout: 3.6 mi
- Teague Hill: 3.7 mi
- Carriage Room Museum: 1.6 mi
- Woodside Store: 2.9 mi
- Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 4.0 mi
- Hoover Tower: 4.0 mi
- West Bay Model Railroad Association: 4.4 mi
- Wunderlich County Park: 1.9 mi
- Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill): 2.7 mi
- Windy Hill Open Space Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Huddart County Park: 4.4 mi
- Phleger Estate: 4.9 mi
- Woodside Horses: 1.9 mi
- Bike Tree: 3.5 mi
- MOCNA, 2018: 3.5 mi
- Air Tank Wind Chime: 3.5 mi
- Pars pro Toto: 3.6 mi
- Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Oak Road Garden: 3.5 mi
- Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden: 3.6 mi
- Lane B Community Garden: 3.9 mi
- Rodin Sculpture Garden: 3.9 mi
- EBF Picnic: 3.4 mi
- East Meadow Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Oak Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 3.6 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 3.7 mi
- Historic Railroad Station: 4.4 mi
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 4.5 mi
- El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 4.5 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 9.8 mi
- Martins Beach: 9.8 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 10.5 mi
- Whale Bone Beach: 10.6 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 10.9 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.1 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 10.8 mi
- Butano Falls: 12.2 mi
- Butano Falls: 12.2 mi
- Purissima: 10.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 13.9 mi
- Drawbridge: 14.8 mi
- Russell City: 18.0 mi
- Lexington: 19.8 mi
- Summit Spring: 4.3 mi
- Summit Spring: 4.3 mi
- Spring source: 7.5 mi
- Travertine Springs: 12.5 mi
- Bulls Spring: 14.3 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 12.5 mi
- Underworld Rock: 14.5 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 14.6 mi
- Aramai Point: 20.2 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | SSE 148° | 985 m | 14.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSE 148° | 979 m | 14.4 mi |
| The Peak | SE 145° | 917 m | 15.7 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSE 148° | 892 m | 12.9 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSE 150° | 890 m | 14.0 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SE 145° | 880 m | 15.9 mi |
| Summit Rock | SSE 147° | 878 m | 13.6 mi |
| Varian Peak | SSE 152° | 873 m | 13.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 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 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 54 | 49 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodside Fire STN 1, 2 mi away.
- Warrior's Plume439 obs
- Pacific hound's tongue334 obs
- Pacific poison oak284 obs
- California buckeye282 obs
- White Globe Lily264 obs
- Mule Deer249 obs
- orange bush monkeyflower240 obs
- Toyon227 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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