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Ulistac Natural Area

Ulistac Natural Area from directly overhead

Ulistac Natural Area is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Fairway Glen Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

What to expect

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How to reach it

Coordinates37.40547, -121.95595

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fairway Glen Park: 0.3 mi
  • Vista Montaña Neighborhood Park: 0.5 mi
  • Thamien Park: 0.6 mi
  • Silva Parklet: 0.6 mi
  • River view Stormwater Garden: 0.6 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Gardens
Peaks
  • Dragon Mountain: 7.2 mi
  • Monument Peak: 7.4 mi
  • Monument Peak Northwest: 7.4 mi
  • Monument Peak North: 7.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Springs: 17
Ghost towns: 13
Beaches: 7
  • Niles beach: 12.3 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 18.7 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 19.4 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.0 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.7 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 14.4 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 19.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Ulistac Natural Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainE 81°1,169 m14.1 mi
Mount DayE 86°1,163 m14.0 mi
Rose PeakENE 60°1,163 m14.6 mi
Mount BielawskiSSW 211°985 m14.7 mi
Castle RockSSW 212°979 m14.4 mi
The PeakSSW 206°917 m14.4 mi
Antler PointE 97°913 m13.9 mi
Lookout TowerSW 218°892 m13.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
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, 4 mi away.

  • House Finch453 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird437 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay430 obs
  • California Towhee379 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk377 obs
  • Black Phoebe374 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird371 obs
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow358 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/26132353

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