Park · California
Machado Park
Machado Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 22 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Corn Palace Park, a park 0.5 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 22 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Parks & Recreation;City of Santa Clara
How to reach it
Coordinates37.35973, -121.98834
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Corn Palace Park: 0.5 mi
- Carl Eklund Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
- Bowers Park: 0.8 mi
- Bracher Park: 0.9 mi
- Earl R. Carmichael Park: 1.0 mi
Nature reserves
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 1.3 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 1.3 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 3.6 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 5.3 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.5 mi
- Charles Clifton Spalding House: 1.5 mi
- Jamison-Brown House: 1.8 mi
- Universal Child Statue: 1.8 mi
- Flags Over Santa Clara: 1.9 mi
Picnic sites
- Central Park Pavillion: 1.5 mi
- Braly Picnic #3: 1.8 mi
- Braly Picnic #2: 1.8 mi
- Braly Picnic #1: 1.8 mi
- Picnic Grove: 2.5 mi
Artworks
- Aurelian Season: 1.7 mi
- Murphy Street Scene: 2.0 mi
- Saint John Paul the Great Memorial: 2.0 mi
- Mirage: 2.0 mi
- Our Lady of Peace: 2.1 mi
Museums
- Triton Museum of Art: 1.8 mi
- Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum: 2.1 mi
- Joshua Hendy Iron Works Museum: 2.3 mi
- Intel Museum: 2.4 mi
- de Saisset Museum: 2.7 mi
Attractions
- The Grizzly: 2.5 mi
- Tiki Twirl: 2.5 mi
- Drop Tower: 2.5 mi
- Barney Oldfield's Redwood Rally: 2.5 mi
- Demon: 2.5 mi
Gardens
- Mission Gardens: 2.7 mi
- Forge Garden: 2.7 mi
- Charles Street Garden: 2.9 mi
- Misora Secret Garden: 3.6 mi
- PayPal Garden: 3.7 mi
Peaks
- Anza Knoll: 5.1 mi
- Hunters Point: 6.0 mi
- Maisie's Peak: 6.7 mi
- Nob Hill: 6.8 mi
- Communications Hill: 8.4 mi
Waterfalls: 26
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.7 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 11.2 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 14.9 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 17.3 mi
Beaches: 22
- Niles beach: 15.2 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 22.1 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 22.2 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 22.7 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 22.8 mi
Springs: 19
- Congress Springs: 8.7 mi
- Spring source: 10.0 mi
- Travertine Springs: 11.8 mi
- McClure Spring: 11.8 mi
- Cherry Springs: 12.5 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Drawbridge: 7.3 mi
- Lexington: 11.3 mi
- Alma: 12.4 mi
- Holy City: 14.0 mi
- Patchen: 14.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Graffiti Rock: 7.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 10.8 mi
- Underworld Rock: 11.0 mi
- The Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 22.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.8 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.6 miles of Machado Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Umunhum | SSE 160° | 1,063 m | 14.6 mi |
| Mount Thayer | SSE 164° | 1,061 m | 14.1 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SSW 211° | 985 m | 11.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSW 213° | 979 m | 10.8 mi |
| The Peak | SSW 205° | 917 m | 10.7 mi |
| El Sombroso | SSE 161° | 917 m | 13.2 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SW 220° | 892 m | 10.3 mi |
| Goat Rock | SW 216° | 890 m | 11.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:14 | 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, 4 mi away.
- Mallard179 obs
- Monarch121 obs
- Western Honey Bee116 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird111 obs
- Canada Goose108 obs
- Western Fence Lizard103 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel89 obs
- Black Phoebe83 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/28485503
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