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Maywood Park

Maywood Park from directly overhead

Maywood Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 42 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Homeridge Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
42 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.32976, -121.98824
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.0 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 2.9 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 2.9 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 2.9 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Museums
Attractions
Peaks
  • Hunters Point: 4.6 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 4.7 mi
  • Nob Hill: 5.3 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 5.3 mi
  • Table Mountain: 7.1 mi
Beaches: 28
  • Niles beach: 17.2 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 21.0 mi
  • Waddell Beach (State Parks): 22.7 mi
  • San Gregorio Private Beach: 22.8 mi
  • Tunitas Beach: 22.8 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 21
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 9.1 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 9.4 mi
  • The Bluff: 17.4 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 22.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 157°1,063 m12.7 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 162°1,061 m12.1 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 218°985 m9.4 mi
Castle RockSW 220°979 m9.2 mi
The PeakSSW 211°917 m8.9 mi
El SombrosoSSE 158°917 m11.3 mi
Lookout TowerSW 229°892 m8.8 mi
Goat RockSW 223°890 m9.6 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 solstice07:1916:1416:54

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard159 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel112 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird110 obs
  • Western Honey Bee102 obs
  • Canada Goose97 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard95 obs
  • House Finch90 obs
  • Mourning Dove88 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/28485145

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