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Blacow Park

Blacow Park from directly overhead

Blacow Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Rosewood Community Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
13 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.52786, -121.97392
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Kennedy Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Redwood 1 Area: 1.3 mi
  • Redwood 2 Area: 1.3 mi
  • Brook 1 Area: 1.4 mi
  • Brook 2 Area: 1.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Gardens
  • Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Gardens at Palmdale: 2.9 mi
  • Leaf CR Stone Garden: 3.1 mi
  • LEAF Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Nature reserves
Springs: 23
  • McClure Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 13.7 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 14.9 mi
  • Spring source: 18.1 mi
  • Summit Spring: 19.6 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Niles beach: 3.9 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 12.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 15.5 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 15.7 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • The Bluff: 11.8 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 14.3 mi
  • Chab: 16.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 18.2 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Waterfalls: 6
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Blacow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE 113°1,169 m16.2 mi
Rose PeakE 95°1,163 m13.7 mi
Mount DayESE 116°1,163 m16.7 mi
Mount LewisESE 101°1,136 m16.4 mi
Lookout PointE 93°1,051 m16.9 mi
Antler PointSE 125°913 m17.9 mi
Black MountainSSW 213°849 m17.4 mi
Baby PeakESE 105°828 m17.5 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:2016:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586265676867635551
Precip in3.03.22.51.20.50.20.00.00.10.71.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard254 obs
  • Canada Goose169 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel126 obs
  • American Coot108 obs
  • Great Blue Heron104 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle96 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron93 obs
  • American White Pelican82 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/39260053

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