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Canyon View Park

Canyon View Park from directly overhead

Canyon View Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 201 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north-northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is College Heights Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
201 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.65070, -122.03511
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • College Heights Park: 0.6 mi
  • J.A. Lewis Park: 0.6 mi
  • Greenbelt Park and Trails: 0.6 mi
  • Greenbelt Park and Trails: 0.9 mi
  • Greenbelt Park and Trails: 0.9 mi
Peaks
Museums
  • C. E. Smith Museum of Anthropology: 1.1 mi
  • Discovery Center: 2.4 mi
  • Hayward Area Historical Society: 3.1 mi
  • Union City Historical Museum: 4.4 mi
  • McConaghy House: 4.9 mi
Picnic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 3.1 mi
  • iFLY Indoor Skydiving: 4.0 mi
  • Niles: 5.8 mi
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 6.0 mi
  • The Patterson House: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
  • Seven Year Sister City Anniversary (Hayward–Funabashi): 3.1 mi
  • Peace Sign: 3.2 mi
  • Flight 93 Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Rowell Ranch: 4.4 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
Gardens
Artworks
  • The Junction: 6.3 mi
  • Conversation: 7.5 mi
  • Unity: 7.8 mi
  • Don Biddle Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 8.3 mi
Springs: 21
  • Eugene Spring: 6.5 mi
  • McClure Spring: 13.1 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 15.0 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 15.5 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 16.1 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Niles beach: 5.2 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Encinal beach: 16.2 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 6
  • Chab: 7.6 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 10.1 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 15.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 16.1 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.1 mi
Waterfalls: 4
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Canyon View Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloNNE 22°1,173 m17.3 mi
Devil's PulpitNNE 23°1,110 m17.3 mi
Ransom PointNNE 22°1,037 m17.5 mi
Monument Peak NorthSE 140°800 m14.5 mi
Mount AllisonSE 139°793 m13.8 mi
Monument PeakSE 141°776 m14.8 mi
Monument Peak NorthwestSE 141°775 m14.4 mi
Mission PeakSE 138°761 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515456586165666767645651
Precip in2.93.12.41.20.60.20.00.10.10.81.53.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hayward AIR Terminal, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • orange bush monkeyflower323 obs
  • California poppy116 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard105 obs
  • Pacific poison oak102 obs
  • coast live oak88 obs
  • California bay79 obs
  • coyote brush79 obs
  • Turkey Vulture69 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/43985375

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