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Christensen Park

Christensen Park from directly overhead

Christensen Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Garaventa Wetlands Preserve, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.

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Coordinates37.72382, -121.72904
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
  • Wine Country Stone Monument: 2.6 mi
  • Historic Stone Walkway: 2.7 mi
  • Livermore City Foundation Spot: 2.7 mi
  • Mills Square Park: 3.6 mi
  • Livermorium: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Lichen Bark: 10.2 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 10.2 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 10.3 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Artworks: 46
  • Influx: 1.3 mi
  • Elatus: 7.1 mi
  • Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 7.8 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 7.8 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 9.4 mi
Museums: 37
Gardens: 24
Springs: 18
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Sycamore Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 11.2 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 12.9 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 13.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 6.9 mi
  • The Bluff: 15.2 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 15.4 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 17.7 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 18.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 9.8 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 10.3 mi
  • Niles beach: 18.1 mi
  • Kite beach: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 2
Rest areas: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Christensen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloNW 317°1,173 m14.9 mi
Rose PeakS 179°1,163 m14.7 mi
Mount LewisS 171°1,136 m17.0 mi
Cedar MountainSSE 149°1,118 m13.2 mi
Devil's PulpitNW 318°1,110 m14.8 mi
North PeakNW 321°1,084 m15.0 mi
Lookout PointSSE 166°1,051 m14.9 mi
Ransom PointNW 318°1,037 m15.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4619:5420:33
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1916:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155586369737370645448
Precip in2.82.72.21.10.50.10.00.00.10.81.52.7

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

Wildlife nearby
  • flatface calicoflower102 obs
  • palmate salty bird's-beak97 obs
  • Iodinebush76 obs
  • Cinnamon Teal68 obs
  • Mallard66 obs
  • alkali heliotrope56 obs
  • White-tailed Kite48 obs
  • Alkali Heath48 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/822775909

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