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Buena Vista Park

Buena Vista Park from directly overhead

Buena Vista Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east-southeast, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
22 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.55532, -121.94505

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
  • Indo-ABC Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Triangle: 0.9 mi
  • Reserved "A" Area: 1.1 mi
  • Dock Area: 1.1 mi
  • Reserved "D" Area: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
Gardens
  • Leaf CR Stone Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Gardens at Palmdale: 1.8 mi
  • Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 2.1 mi
  • LEAF Community Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.0 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Niles: 2.4 mi
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 2.5 mi
  • Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 5.4 mi
  • The Patterson House: 5.7 mi
  • iFLY Indoor Skydiving: 7.3 mi
Peaks
Springs: 24
  • McClure Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 13.1 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 20.1 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 20.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
  • The Bluff: 10.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 12.1 mi
  • Chab: 15.8 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 17.6 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 20.5 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Niles beach: 3.7 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 13.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 19.7 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 5

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Buena Vista Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE 121°1,169 m15.7 mi
Rose PeakESE 104°1,163 m12.5 mi
Mount DaySE 125°1,163 m16.3 mi
Mount LewisESE 110°1,136 m15.3 mi
Cedar MountainE 89°1,118 m18.5 mi
Lookout PointE 100°1,051 m15.6 mi
Rattlesnake ButteESE 124°960 m19.7 mi
Antler PointSE 133°913 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
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, 4 mi away.

  • Mallard262 obs
  • Canada Goose179 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel140 obs
  • American Coot111 obs
  • Great Blue Heron106 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle98 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron84 obs
  • American White Pelican78 obs

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

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/38915662

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