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Bol Park

Bol Park from directly overhead

Bol Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 19 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mosaic Tree, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
19 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.41033, -122.13899
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Mosaic Tree: 0.1 mi
  • Mosaic Horse: 0.1 mi
  • Aperture #2: 0.3 mi
  • Tilted Donut #5: 0.9 mi
  • Aeolis 10: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Parks
  • Packard Grove: 0.4 mi
  • Briones Park: 0.7 mi
  • Boulware Park: 0.8 mi
  • Kite Hill Park: 0.9 mi
  • Stanford/Palo Alto Community Playing Fields: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Picnic sites
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 14
Springs: 11
  • Spring source: 6.8 mi
  • Summit Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 11.8 mi
  • Congress Springs: 12.3 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 12.9 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 12.9 mi
  • The Bluff: 21.8 mi
  • Chab: 22.2 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.0 miles of Bol Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 169°985 m13.2 mi
Castle RockS 169°979 m12.8 mi
The PeakSSE 164°917 m13.7 mi
Lookout TowerS 172°892 m11.4 mi
Goat RockS 172°890 m12.7 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSE 164°880 m14.0 mi
Summit RockS 169°878 m11.9 mi
Varian PeakS 174°873 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:33
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155576166686766615348
Precip in2.93.22.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch361 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco284 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard262 obs
  • Western Honey Bee246 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel230 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk174 obs
  • Western Bluebird173 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird164 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/39456327

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