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Coyote Park

Coyote Park from directly overhead

Coyote Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Orchard Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
16 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.37633, -121.88996

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Orchard Park: 0.4 mi
  • Townsend Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bruzzone Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mercado Park: 0.6 mi
  • Gran Paradiso Park: 1.0 mi
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 3.8 mi
  • Danny's Place: 3.8 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 3.8 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 3.8 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Black Lives Matter: 1.7 mi
  • Santo Market: 1.7 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 1.7 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 1.7 mi
  • We Are San Jose: 1.8 mi
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Eagle Rock: 4.3 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 5.0 mi
  • Alum Rock: 5.6 mi
  • Communications Hill: 6.3 mi
  • Dragon Mountain: 6.4 mi
Springs: 24
Waterfalls: 17
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 11.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.4 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Niles beach: 15.3 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 17.6 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 20.5 mi
Covered bridges: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.9 miles of Coyote Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 98°1,327 m14.4 mi
Observatory PeakE 100°1,298 m13.8 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 98°1,295 m14.6 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 99°1,286 m14.0 mi
Mount HamiltonE 100°1,279 m13.8 mi
Huyghens PeakE 100°1,276 m13.9 mi
Galileo PeakE 97°1,273 m14.1 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 101°1,237 m13.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
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.

  • Southern Masked Chafer92 obs
  • castor bean85 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird74 obs
  • Black Phoebe67 obs
  • American Crow63 obs
  • House Finch62 obs
  • Figeater Beetle58 obs
  • giant reed56 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 node/358838338

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