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Arena Green

Arena Green from directly overhead

Arena Green is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Ptolemy Peak stands 1,237 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sons of San José, a historic site 0.1 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
26 m

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.33316, -121.89939

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Artworks
Museums
Parks
Attractions
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.0 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.0 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.0 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Lone Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 7.1 mi
  • Alum Rock: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 26
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 12.9 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.2 mi
  • The Bluff: 14.1 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Niles beach: 17.9 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 20.3 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 20.5 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 22.6 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.5 mi
Covered bridges: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Arena Green. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ptolemy PeakE 88°1,237 m14.0 mi
Black MountainENE 56°1,169 m13.0 mi
Mount DayENE 61°1,163 m12.5 mi
Mount UmunhumS 180°1,063 m11.9 mi
Mount ThayerS 185°1,061 m11.8 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 235°985 m13.1 mi
Castle RockWSW 236°979 m13.0 mi
El SombrosoS 183°917 m10.7 mi

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, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel469 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel356 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco330 obs
  • Black Phoebe322 obs
  • Western Honey Bee289 obs
  • American Crow285 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird276 obs
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler226 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/746262258

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