- Elevation, modelled
- 88 m
- Tallest summit within 12.9 miles
- Copernicus Peak1,327 m · 10.1 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 37.2429, -121.7594
Basking Ridge Park is a park in California, at a modelled 88 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Coyote Creek Parkway, a nature reserve 0.5 miles away.
- Built
- 1999
- Operated by
- San José Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Basking Ridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | NE 45° | 1,327 m | 10.1 mi |
| Observatory Peak | NE 43° | 1,298 m | 9.3 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | NE 45° | 1,295 m | 10.2 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | NE 44° | 1,286 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NE 43° | 1,279 m | 9.4 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | NE 44° | 1,276 m | 9.5 mi |
| Mount Isabel | NE 53° | 1,275 m | 9.6 mi |
| Galileo Peak | NE 43° | 1,273 m | 10.2 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
Nature reserves
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 0.5 mi
- Basking Ridge Conservation Easement: 0.6 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 0.7 mi
- Tulare Hill Conservation Area: 1.4 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Metcalf Park: 0.6 mi
- Piercy Park: 0.8 mi
- Los Paseos Park: 1.3 mi
- Silver Leaf Park: 1.3 mi
- Metcalf Motorcycle County Park: 1.6 mi
Peaks
- Tulare Hill: 1.5 mi
- Coyote Peak: 2.5 mi
- Spreckels Hill: 3.3 mi
- Mount Misery: 3.8 mi
- Montgomery Hill: 4.0 mi
Picnic sites
- Picnic Site: 1.8 mi
- Coyote Ranch: 2.2 mi
- Pueblo Day Use Area: 2.6 mi
- Picnic Site: 2.7 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Group Site: 3.7 mi
Museums
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 2.4 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 4.4 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 5.6 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 7.6 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 7.6 mi
Historic sites
- Historic El Camino Real: 3.0 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument: 3.8 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 3.9 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 4.7 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 4.9 mi
Artworks
- Bird's Eye View: 3.7 mi
- Discoveries: 5.3 mi
- Discoveries: 5.3 mi
- Discoveries: 5.3 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 6.2 mi
Attractions
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 6.4 mi
- Little Dipper: 7.0 mi
- Slide Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Shotgun Falls: 7.0 mi
- Serpentine Slides: 7.0 mi
Gardens
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 6.8 mi
- Rose Garden: 7.0 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 9.0 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 9.0 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 9.3 mi
Springs: 41
- Santa Teresa Springs: 2.3 mi
- Cherry Springs: 9.3 mi
- South Spring: 9.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 10.6 mi
- Blackberry Spring: 11.7 mi
Waterfalls: 19
- Lower Falls: 11.0 mi
- Granuja Falls: 11.2 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 11.3 mi
- Basin Falls: 11.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.5 mi
Beaches: 18
- Potbelly Beach: 20.6 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 20.6 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 20.7 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 21.1 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 21.5 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Graffiti Rock: 17.4 mi
- The Bluff: 18.1 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 18.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 18.7 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 21.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 10 mi away.
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 20 mi
- Capitola · 21 mi
- Watsonville · 22 mi
- Santa Cruz · 24 mi
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