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John Mise Park

John Mise Park from directly overhead

John Mise Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 53 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Sterling Barnhart Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
53 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.31670, -121.98980

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • School Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Life Lab: 2.0 mi
  • Misora Secret Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Nature Center: 3.4 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.9 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 3.6 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 3.6 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 3.7 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
  • Hunters Point: 4.1 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 4.7 mi
  • Nob Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 4.7 mi
  • Table Mountain: 6.5 mi
Beaches: 41
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 21
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 8.4 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 8.6 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.1 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 22.0 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of John Mise Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 155°1,063 m11.9 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 160°1,061 m11.3 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 221°985 m8.6 mi
Castle RockSW 224°979 m8.4 mi
The PeakSSW 214°917 m8.1 mi
El SombrosoSSE 155°917 m10.5 mi
Lookout TowerSW 234°892 m8.2 mi
Goat RockSW 227°890 m8.9 mi

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.

  • Western Fence Lizard102 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel94 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird90 obs
  • Western Honey Bee89 obs
  • Mourning Dove75 obs
  • American Crow70 obs
  • Monarch70 obs
  • Western Bluebird69 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/38540870

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