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Big Trees Park

Big Trees Park from directly overhead

Big Trees Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 175 m. Eylar Mountain stands 1,224 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Tex Spruiell Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
175 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.68386, -121.72638
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Historic sites
  • Wente Brothers Winery: 1.3 mi
  • Concannon Winery: 1.4 mi
  • Wine Country Stone Monument: 1.5 mi
  • Historic Stone Walkway: 1.6 mi
  • Livermore City Foundation Spot: 1.6 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 1.6 mi
  • Lichen Bark: 7.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.5 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 10.4 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 10.4 mi
Artworks: 60
  • Influx: 1.7 mi
  • Elatus: 7.4 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 8.5 mi
  • Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 8.6 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 9.6 mi
Nature reserves: 59
Museums: 35
Gardens: 30
Springs: 19
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 8.4 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Sycamore Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 13.4 mi
  • McClure Spring: 14.8 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 4.2 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.5 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 17.4 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 19.4 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 6.4 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 7.0 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 7.5 mi
  • Niles beach: 16.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Big Trees Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Eylar MountainSSE 147°1,224 m17.0 mi
Mount DiabloNW 323°1,173 m17.1 mi
Black MountainS 175°1,169 m17.1 mi
Rose PeakS 180°1,163 m11.9 mi
Mount DayS 176°1,163 m18.2 mi
Mount LewisS 170°1,136 m14.3 mi
Cedar MountainSE 143°1,118 m10.8 mi
Devil's PulpitNW 324°1,110 m17.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4619:5420:33
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1916:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155586369737370645448
Precip in2.82.72.21.10.50.10.00.00.10.81.52.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard39 obs
  • Wild Turkey22 obs
  • House Finch22 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel21 obs
  • Sacred Datura20 obs
  • coast live oak19 obs
  • California poppy19 obs
  • Gray Bird Grasshopper18 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/43985595

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