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Guadalupe River Park & Gardens

Guadalupe River Park & Gardens from directly overhead

Guadalupe River Park & Gardens is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Heritage Rose Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
22 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.34554, -121.90857
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Parks
  • Rotary PlayGarden: 0.3 mi
  • Lucas Quad: 0.6 mi
  • Guadalupe River Park: 0.6 mi
  • Theodore Lenzen Park: 0.6 mi
  • Ryland Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.8 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.8 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.8 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.8 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.2 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 7.0 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.1 mi
  • Alum Rock: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 25
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.3 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.3 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 17.0 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Guadalupe River Park & Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainENE 61°1,169 m13.0 mi
Mount DayENE 65°1,163 m12.5 mi
Mount UmunhumS 178°1,063 m12.8 mi
Mount ThayerS 183°1,061 m12.6 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 230°985 m13.2 mi
Castle RockSW 232°979 m13.1 mi
El SombrosoS 181°917 m11.5 mi
The PeakSW 226°917 m12.5 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 solstice07:1916:1316:54

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel949 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel498 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco382 obs
  • Black Phoebe370 obs
  • Western Honey Bee338 obs
  • American Crow335 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel334 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird287 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/26133274

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