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Higuera Adobe Park

Higuera Adobe Park from directly overhead

Higuera Adobe Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 123 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dessert Hills Community Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
123 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.49077, -121.90468
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums
  • Washington Township Museum of Local History: 2.8 mi
  • Children's Natural History Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Pacific Bus Museum: 6.8 mi
  • 49ers Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Niles Depot Museum: 7.2 mi
Gardens
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Reserved "A" Area: 4.9 mi
  • Kennedy Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Brook 2 Area: 4.9 mi
  • Brook 1 Area: 4.9 mi
  • Dock Area: 5.0 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 5.3 mi
  • W-Tree: 5.7 mi
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 7.2 mi
  • Flight Deck: 7.4 mi
  • Niles: 7.4 mi
Springs: 13
  • McClure Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 12.0 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 16.6 mi
  • South Spring: 18.2 mi
  • Spring source: 18.7 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 7
  • The Bluff: 7.9 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 12.8 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 17.5 mi
  • Chab: 20.7 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Niles beach: 8.2 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 24.1 mi
Waterfalls: 6
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Higuera Adobe Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory PeakSE 126°1,298 m17.7 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakSE 125°1,286 m17.8 mi
Mount HamiltonSE 126°1,279 m17.7 mi
Huyghens PeakSE 125°1,276 m17.8 mi
Galileo PeakESE 123°1,273 m17.7 mi
Ptolemy PeakSE 126°1,237 m17.7 mi
Black MountainESE 108°1,169 m11.7 mi
Rose PeakE 82°1,163 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
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 °F515356586265676867635551
Precip in3.03.22.51.20.50.20.00.00.10.71.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Bluebird84 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk60 obs
  • milk thistle48 obs
  • Wild Turkey45 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard44 obs
  • Lark Sparrow41 obs
  • California bay41 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel35 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 node/358819457

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