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Jenny Strand Park

Jenny Strand Park from directly overhead

Jenny Strand Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 51 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Westwood Oaks Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
51 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Santa Clara
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.32724, -122.00395
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Gardens
  • School Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Life Lab: 2.4 mi
  • Nature Center: 2.8 mi
  • Misora Secret Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.8 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 2.7 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 2.7 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 2.7 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Anza Knoll: 3.8 mi
  • Hunters Point: 3.8 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 4.5 mi
  • Nob Hill: 4.6 mi
  • Table Mountain: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 28
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 21
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 12
  • Graffiti Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 8.7 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.2 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 21.9 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Jenny Strand Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 153°1,063 m12.9 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 158°1,061 m12.2 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 214°985 m8.7 mi
Castle RockSW 217°979 m8.5 mi
The PeakSSW 206°917 m8.3 mi
El SombrosoSSE 153°917 m11.5 mi
Lookout TowerSW 226°892 m8.0 mi
Goat RockSW 220°890 m8.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard114 obs
  • Mallard104 obs
  • Western Honey Bee96 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel93 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco87 obs
  • Monarch82 obs
  • Mourning Dove72 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird70 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/38176417

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