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May Nissen Park

May Nissen Park from directly overhead

May Nissen Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 137 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Al Caffodio Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.68647, -121.78542

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 1.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 7.1 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 7.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 8.4 mi
Artworks
  • Influx: 3.0 mi
  • Elatus: 4.2 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 5.5 mi
  • Wallis Ranch Water Tower: 5.6 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 6.3 mi
Nature reserves
Museums: 53
Gardens: 44
Springs: 18
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 9.3 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 9.6 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 10.2 mi
  • Sycamore Spring: 12.1 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 13.2 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 4.9 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.6 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 15.2 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 16.4 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 3.3 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 9.0 mi
  • Niles beach: 14.1 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of May Nissen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloNNW 333°1,173 m15.2 mi
Black MountainSSE 165°1,169 m17.8 mi
Rose PeakSSE 165°1,163 m12.6 mi
Mount LewisSSE 158°1,136 m15.3 mi
Cedar MountainSE 132°1,118 m13.1 mi
Devil's PulpitNNW 333°1,110 m15.1 mi
North PeakNNW 336°1,084 m15.6 mi
Lookout PointSSE 151°1,051 m13.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4719:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1916:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576268727270645448
Precip in2.82.92.21.10.60.10.00.10.10.71.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Muni AP, 2 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard61 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel48 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk47 obs
  • Western Honey Bee43 obs
  • Seven-spotted Lady Beetle39 obs
  • Bold Jumping Spider39 obs
  • Noble False Widow39 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay39 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/43985713

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