Park · California
Hester Park
Hester Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Mount Day stands 1,163 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Municipal Rose Garden, a attraction 0.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1996
What to expect
- Operated by
- San Jose Unified School District
How to reach it
Coordinates37.33205, -121.92601
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Municipal Rose Garden: 0.1 mi
- Monopoly in the Park: 1.8 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 3.3 mi
- Dragon Flyers: 3.4 mi
- Danny the Dragon Train: 3.4 mi
Gardens
- Peace Garden: 0.2 mi
- Juju’s Garden: 0.6 mi
- CNGF Native Plant Farm: 0.8 mi
- Courtyard Garden: 1.2 mi
- Heritage Rose Garden: 1.3 mi
Parks
- Rosicrucian Park: 0.2 mi
- The Beautiful Way Park: 0.7 mi
- Lucas Quad: 0.8 mi
- Buena Vista Park: 0.9 mi
- Theodore Lenzen Park: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Historic El Camino Real: 0.6 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 0.7 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 0.9 mi
- Sons of San José: 1.5 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.5 mi
Artworks
- Bleed Teal: 1.1 mi
- Bronco Statue: 1.3 mi
- Sanctuary: 1.3 mi
- Catch Me If You Can: 1.4 mi
- Ready or Not: 1.5 mi
Museums
- de Saisset Museum: 1.5 mi
- Little Italy Museum and Cultural Center: 1.5 mi
- Roberto Adobe & Suñol House: 1.6 mi
- South Bay Historical Railroad Society: 1.6 mi
- Carmel and Thomas Fallon House: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Backesto One Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
- Central Park Pavillion: 2.8 mi
- Danny's Place: 3.4 mi
- Chimes and Bells: 3.4 mi
- Silly Celebration: 3.4 mi
Peaks
- Communications Hill: 4.5 mi
- Lone Hill: 6.2 mi
- Blossom Hill: 7.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 7.5 mi
- Hunters Point: 7.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 4.6 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 4.7 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 5.3 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 6.3 mi
- Heintz Open Space: 6.9 mi
Springs: 26
- Congress Springs: 9.3 mi
- Cherry Springs: 9.9 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 10.3 mi
- McClure Spring: 12.4 mi
- Spring source: 13.0 mi
Waterfalls: 26
- Castle Rock Falls: 12.3 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 13.0 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 13.5 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 17.2 mi
- Murietta Falls: 18.1 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Drawbridge: 9.6 mi
- Lexington: 10.0 mi
- Alma: 10.9 mi
- Holy City: 12.4 mi
- Patchen: 13.0 mi
Beaches: 9
- Niles beach: 17.6 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 21.2 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 21.4 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 22.0 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.8 mi
Cliffs: 8
- Graffiti Rock: 9.0 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 11.7 mi
- Underworld Rock: 12.0 mi
- The Bluff: 15.0 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 22.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Hester Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Day | ENE 64° | 1,163 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | S 173° | 1,063 m | 12.0 mi |
| Mount Thayer | S 178° | 1,061 m | 11.6 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SW 231° | 985 m | 11.9 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 233° | 979 m | 11.8 mi |
| El Sombroso | S 175° | 917 m | 10.6 mi |
| The Peak | SW 226° | 917 m | 11.2 mi |
| Antler Point | ENE 75° | 913 m | 12.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 2 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel1,013 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird402 obs
- House Finch347 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler334 obs
- Monarch333 obs
- Western Honey Bee323 obs
- American Crow320 obs
- Mourning Dove318 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 way/28714347
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