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Calero Park

Calero Park from directly overhead

Calero Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 53 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Miner Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
53 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.24080, -121.81766
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
  • Historic El Camino Real: 1.4 mi
  • The Pfeiffer Stone House: 2.2 mi
  • Gina "Frogquist" Grove: 2.2 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 2.8 mi
  • The Buena Vista: 4.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
  • Coyote Creek Parkway: 2.1 mi
  • Coyote Creek Parkway: 2.7 mi
  • Rancho San Vicente Entrance: 3.2 mi
  • Coyote Creek Parkway: 3.2 mi
  • Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites
Peaks
  • One Tree Hill: 3.1 mi
  • Coyote Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Tulare Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Almaden Meadows Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Communications Hill: 4.2 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Springs: 40
Beaches: 34
Waterfalls: 21
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 9
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 21.9 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 23.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 24.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Calero Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNE 55°1,327 m12.7 mi
Observatory PeakNE 54°1,298 m11.9 mi
Hipparchus PeakNE 55°1,295 m12.8 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNE 54°1,286 m12.1 mi
Mount HamiltonNE 54°1,279 m11.9 mi
Huyghens PeakNE 54°1,276 m12.0 mi
Mount IsabelENE 61°1,275 m12.3 mi
Galileo PeakNE 53°1,273 m12.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1816:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee315 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard299 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird236 obs
  • California poppy132 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk118 obs
  • Western Bluebird118 obs
  • Monarch111 obs
  • Gulf Fritillary107 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/30406217

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