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Civic Center Park

Civic Center Park from directly overhead

Civic Center Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 24 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Statue of Saint Clare, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
24 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.35298, -121.95424
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 2.9 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 3.7 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 3.7 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 3.7 mi
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 6.6 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 6.7 mi
  • Hunters Point: 7.1 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 7.8 mi
  • Nob Hill: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 24
Ghost towns: 13
Beaches: 8
  • Niles beach: 15.8 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 21.1 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 21.2 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.0 mi
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 8.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 11.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 11.8 mi
  • The Bluff: 15.0 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 22.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Civic Center Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 167°1,063 m13.6 mi
Mount ThayerS 172°1,061 m13.2 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 220°985 m11.8 mi
Castle RockSW 222°979 m11.6 mi
The PeakSW 215°917 m11.3 mi
El SombrosoSSE 169°917 m12.3 mi
Antler PointE 82°913 m13.8 mi
Lookout TowerSW 229°892 m11.3 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 solstice07:1916:1316:54

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel950 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird261 obs
  • House Finch249 obs
  • Western Honey Bee246 obs
  • Monarch236 obs
  • American Crow234 obs
  • Mallard218 obs
  • Black Phoebe217 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/37891432

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