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Bowers Park

Bowers Park from directly overhead

Bowers Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 21 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Everett N. “Eddie” Souza Park & Community Garden, a park 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Clara City
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.35805, -121.97386
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 2.4 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 2.6 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 2.6 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 2.6 mi
Artworks
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • The Grizzly: 2.4 mi
  • Tiki Twirl: 2.4 mi
  • Drop Tower: 2.5 mi
  • Barney Oldfield's Redwood Rally: 2.5 mi
  • Psycho Mouse: 2.5 mi
Peaks
  • Anza Knoll: 5.8 mi
  • Hunters Point: 6.5 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 7.2 mi
  • Nob Hill: 7.2 mi
  • Communications Hill: 7.7 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 19
  • Congress Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Spring source: 10.8 mi
  • McClure Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 12.2 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 12.3 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Beaches: 14
  • Niles beach: 15.3 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.1 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Graffiti Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 11.1 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 11.4 mi
  • The Bluff: 15.5 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 22.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Bowers Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 163°1,063 m14.3 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 167°1,061 m13.8 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 215°985 m11.4 mi
Castle RockSW 217°979 m11.2 mi
The PeakSSW 209°917 m11.0 mi
El SombrosoSSE 164°917 m12.9 mi
Lookout TowerSW 224°892 m10.7 mi
Goat RockSW 219°890 m11.6 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 solstice07:1916:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard184 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird132 obs
  • Western Honey Bee132 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel130 obs
  • Monarch126 obs
  • Canada Goose112 obs
  • American Crow108 obs
  • Black Phoebe101 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/28485516

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