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Doerr Park

Doerr Park from directly overhead

Doerr Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 55 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Richard E. Huerta Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
San José Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.27364, -121.91694
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Richard E. Huerta Park: 0.6 mi
  • Kirk Park: 0.8 mi
  • Butcher Park: 0.9 mi
  • Stojanovich Family Park: 1.2 mi
  • Dry Creek Village Park: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites
Historic sites
  • Bank of Campbell: 1.7 mi
  • Ainsley House: 1.8 mi
  • Shir Hadash Memorial Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 4.0 mi
  • San Jose/Santa Clara Valley Veterans Memorial: 4.1 mi
Attractions
Museums
Peaks
  • Lone Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Communications Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Blossom Hill: 3.4 mi
  • Almaden Meadows Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Collords Peak: 5.1 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Gardens
Beaches: 46
Springs: 28
Waterfalls: 26
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 8.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 10.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 10.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 22.1 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 23.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Doerr Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSSE 160°1,154 m11.9 mi
Crystal PeakSSE 158°1,097 m11.9 mi
Mount UmunhumS 173°1,063 m7.9 mi
Mount ThayerS 181°1,061 m7.6 mi
Mount ChualSSE 157°1,046 m11.6 mi
Mount BielawskiWSW 250°985 m10.3 mi
Castle RockWSW 253°979 m10.3 mi
El SombrosoS 177°917 m6.6 mi
Conditions

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 solstice07:1916:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee512 obs
  • Monarch457 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird249 obs
  • Red-shouldered Bug236 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard223 obs
  • Mallard192 obs
  • Canada Goose172 obs
  • Arizona Mantis167 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/38249380

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