Backesto Park
Backesto Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Backesto Fountain, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1917-10-01
- Elevation
- 24 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- San José Department of Parks, Recreation & Neighborhood Services
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Backesto Fountain: 0.0 mi
- 都板街: 0.5 mi
- 企利街: 0.5 mi
- 企季崙街: 0.5 mi
- 五聖宮;“Ng Shing Gung”;Temple of the Five Gods: 0.5 mi
- Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
- Chimes and Bells: 2.1 mi
- Danny's Place: 2.1 mi
- Whistling Woods: 2.2 mi
- Sunflower Circle: 2.2 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 0.1 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 0.2 mi
- Where the Tree is Born: 0.2 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 0.2 mi
- Sheltering Wing: 0.5 mi
- Heinlenville Park: 0.5 mi
- Cannery Park: 0.5 mi
- Watson Park: 0.6 mi
- Raymond Bernal Junior Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
- Luna Park: 0.7 mi
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: 0.6 mi
- Carmel and Thomas Fallon House: 1.2 mi
- Luis María Peralta Adobe: 1.2 mi
- Little Italy Museum and Cultural Center: 1.4 mi
- The Tech Interactive: 1.5 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 1.3 mi
- Historic Orchard: 1.3 mi
- Heritage Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
- Courtyard Garden: 1.4 mi
- Monopoly in the Park: 1.7 mi
- Dragon Flyers: 2.1 mi
- Pacific Fruit Express: 2.1 mi
- Crooked House: 2.1 mi
- Danny the Dragon Train: 2.2 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 5.4 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 6.8 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 6.8 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 7.4 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 14.9 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 15.6 mi
- Murietta Falls: 15.6 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 16.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 19.1 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 10.0 mi
- McClure Spring: 10.7 mi
- Cherry Springs: 11.4 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.9 mi
- South Spring: 13.9 mi
- Drawbridge: 9.2 mi
- Lexington: 12.2 mi
- Alma: 13.0 mi
- Holy City: 14.4 mi
- Patchen: 14.9 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 11.6 mi
- The Bluff: 12.6 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 14.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 14.6 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Niles beach: 17.0 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 18.8 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 19.0 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.1 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 24.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 23.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Backesto Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | E 91° | 1,327 m | 14.0 mi |
| Observatory Peak | E 93° | 1,298 m | 13.3 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | E 91° | 1,295 m | 14.1 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | E 93° | 1,286 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | E 93° | 1,279 m | 13.3 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | E 93° | 1,276 m | 13.4 mi |
| Galileo Peak | E 90° | 1,273 m | 13.7 mi |
| Ptolemy Peak | E 94° | 1,237 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel464 obs
- California Ground Squirrel363 obs
- Black Phoebe261 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco237 obs
- Western Honey Bee221 obs
- Canada Goose215 obs
- American Crow214 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird170 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/25966765
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