Del Valle State Recreation Area
Del Valle State Recreation Area is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 269 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Del Valle East Beach, a beach 1.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 269 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Lichen Bark: 1.5 mi
- John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 6.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
- Covered picnic zone: 13.2 mi
- Group picnic zone: 13.3 mi
- Rocky Ridge: 2.7 mi
- Lone Hill: 5.0 mi
- Rose Peak: 5.9 mi
- Lookout Point: 6.3 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.2 mi
- Sycamore Grove Park: 3.9 mi
- Holdener Park: 4.2 mi
- Ravenswood Park: 5.0 mi
- Independence Park: 5.2 mi
- Olivina Winery: 4.2 mi
- Olivina Gate: 4.5 mi
- Joaquin Murrieta and Murrieta's Well: 4.5 mi
- Wente Brothers Winery: 4.8 mi
- Concannon Winery: 5.1 mi
- Oldest Light Bulb: 6.0 mi
- Livermorium Atom: 6.6 mi
- Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 7.5 mi
- W-Tree: 7.8 mi
- Alameda County Fairgrounds: 10.6 mi
- Influx: 7.7 mi
- Mayor Bosco: 9.5 mi
- Elatus: 11.1 mi
- Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva - The Bodhisattva of Infinite Compassion: 12.2 mi
- The Barefoot Immortal's footprint: 12.2 mi
- The Carnegie Museum: 6.5 mi
- The Duarte Garage & Lincoln Highway Museum: 7.4 mi
- Museum on Main: 9.9 mi
- Niles Canyon Railway Brightside Yard: 11.2 mi
- Washington Township Museum of Local History: 12.2 mi
- Ohlone Regional Wilderness Area: 4.9 mi
- Springtown Wetlands Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Garaventa Wetlands Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Doolan Canyon: 12.2 mi
- Brushy Peak Resource Protection Area: 12.2 mi
- Native Garden: 4.9 mi
- Granada Native Garden: 6.8 mi
- Gardens at Palmdale: 12.1 mi
- Don Biddle Community Garden: 12.9 mi
- Leaf CR Stone Garden: 14.1 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 2.4 mi
- McClure Spring: 10.9 mi
- Lone Tree Mineral Spring: 14.8 mi
- Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 16.1 mi
- Eugene Spring: 16.4 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 2.5 mi
- The Bluff: 6.8 mi
- Turtle Rock: 22.5 mi
- The Devil's Shelf: 23.1 mi
- Chab: 24.5 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 1.1 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 1.7 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 8.7 mi
- Niles beach: 16.0 mi
- Drawbridge: 16.9 mi
- Russell City: 23.3 mi
- Stokes Landing: 23.7 mi
- West Hartley: 24.4 mi
- Murietta Falls: 4.3 mi
- Tehan Falls: 13.5 mi
- Westley Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Westley Rest Area: 21.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Del Valle State Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | SSE 165° | 1,327 m | 17.8 mi |
| Observatory Peak | SSE 167° | 1,298 m | 18.0 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | SSE 165° | 1,295 m | 17.9 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | SSE 167° | 1,286 m | 18.0 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | SSE 167° | 1,279 m | 18.0 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | SSE 167° | 1,276 m | 18.0 mi |
| Galileo Peak | SSE 166° | 1,273 m | 17.5 mi |
| Ptolemy Peak | SSE 168° | 1,237 m | 18.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:12 | 16:53 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 51 | 55 | 58 | 63 | 69 | 73 | 73 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.2 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore, 6 mi away.
- Mule Deer96 obs
- Turkey Vulture79 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker75 obs
- blue dicks57 obs
- Butterfly Mariposa Lily53 obs
- White Horehound53 obs
- California Ground Squirrel48 obs
- California Scrub-Jay48 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/358764662
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