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McKelvey Ball Park

McKelvey Ball Park from directly overhead

McKelvey Ball Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 33 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Eagle Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
33 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Mountain View
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.38650, -122.08842
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
Picnic sites
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Beaches: 40
Springs: 17
  • Spring source: 6.5 mi
  • Congress Springs: 9.9 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 10.6 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.3 mi
  • Summit Spring: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 16
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 7.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 11.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 11.1 mi
  • The Bluff: 19.8 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 22.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of McKelvey Ball Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 181°985 m11.3 mi
Castle RockS 182°979 m10.9 mi
The PeakS 175°917 m11.6 mi
Lookout TowerS 187°892 m9.7 mi
Goat RockS 186°890 m11.0 mi
Sunnyvale MountainS 175°880 m11.8 mi
Summit RockS 183°878 m10.1 mi
Varian PeakS 188°873 m10.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586266686868645651
Precip in2.52.92.01.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel425 obs
  • Monarch393 obs
  • American Crow305 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco299 obs
  • Asian Lady Beetle226 obs
  • Western Honey Bee216 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird204 obs
  • California Towhee195 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/1153402322

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