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Harvard Park

Harvard Park from directly overhead

Harvard Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 117 m. Moses Mountain stands 2,820 m to the east-northeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Lindsay Plaza Park, a park 0.9 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
117 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.21159, -119.08119

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Lindsay Plaza Park: 0.9 mi
  • Olive Bowl Park: 1.1 mi
  • Unger Park: 6.4 mi
  • Lincoln Park: 6.5 mi
  • Schroth Park: 7.5 mi
Peaks
Springs: 18
Museums: 5
  • Porterville Historical Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Tulare County Museum: 13.6 mi
  • ImagineU Children's Museum: 14.1 mi
  • Tulare Historical Museum: 15.2 mi
  • Three Rivers Historical Museum: 19.2 mi
Nature reserves: 3
  • Dry Creek Preserve: 15.3 mi
  • McCarthy Blue Oak Ranch Preserve: 15.6 mi
  • Homer Ranch Preserve: 18.1 mi
Artworks: 2
  • World's Largest Olive: 1.4 mi
  • End of Trail Statue: 13.7 mi
Historic sites: 2
  • John Ferrington Memorial: 12.5 mi
  • Treaty of 1851: 13.9 mi
Gardens: 2
Attractions: 2
Picnic sites: 2
  • Old Mountain Home Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
  • Sunset Point Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 24.4 miles of Harvard Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Moses MountainENE 78°2,820 m22.8 mi
Homer's NoseENE 58°2,734 m22.6 mi
Dennison MountainENE 68°2,645 m20.1 mi
Dennison PeakENE 72°2,226 m18.8 mi
Solo PeakESE 108°2,226 m24.0 mi
Case MountainNE 48°2,073 m20.7 mi
Black MountainESE 112°1,907 m20.9 mi
Grouse PeakENE 60°1,621 m16.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0118:3519:08
June solstice05:4019:3920:18
September equinox06:4518:2118:55
December solstice07:0516:0616:46

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Aug–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F475156616874807974645447
Precip in2.22.22.01.20.50.10.10.00.10.71.11.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lindsay, 2 mi away.

  • House Sparrow7 obs
  • Painted Lady4 obs
  • Western Honey Bee3 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard2 obs
  • Common Raccoon2 obs
  • Western Aphideater2 obs
  • Bald Eagle1 obs
  • Green-tailed Towhee1 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 way/44581486

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