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Henry Schmidt Park

Henry Schmidt Park from directly overhead

Henry Schmidt Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 32 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Everett Alvarez, Jr. Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
32 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.33645, -121.96069
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 0.9 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 3.8 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 3.8 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 3.8 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.9 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Hunters Point: 6.1 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 6.2 mi
  • Communications Hill: 6.2 mi
  • Nob Hill: 6.8 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 6.8 mi
Springs: 26
Waterfalls: 26
Beaches: 16
  • Niles beach: 16.9 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 21.8 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 22.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 22.3 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 24.0 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 10
  • Graffiti Rock: 7.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 10.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 10.7 mi
  • The Bluff: 16.0 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 23.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Henry Schmidt Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 164°1,063 m12.6 mi
Mount ThayerS 169°1,061 m12.1 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 223°985 m10.7 mi
Castle RockSW 225°979 m10.5 mi
The PeakSW 217°917 m10.1 mi
El SombrosoSSE 166°917 m11.3 mi
Lookout TowerSW 233°892 m10.3 mi
Goat RockSW 227°890 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:54

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,028 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird308 obs
  • Western Honey Bee305 obs
  • Monarch276 obs
  • House Finch268 obs
  • Black Phoebe252 obs
  • Mourning Dove249 obs
  • American Crow244 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/28596058

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