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Memorial Cross Park

Memorial Cross Park from directly overhead

Memorial Cross Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Reed & Grant Sports Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
13 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.36677, -121.94116

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove: 2.4 mi
  • Central Park Pavillion: 2.6 mi
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Baylands Park Picnic area: 4.3 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 4.3 mi
Attractions
  • Tiki Twirl: 2.4 mi
  • The Grizzly: 2.5 mi
  • Psycho Mouse: 2.5 mi
  • Thunder Raceway: 2.5 mi
  • Drop Tower: 2.5 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 6.9 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 7.7 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 7.9 mi
  • Hunters Point: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 24
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 9.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 12.7 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.0 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.8 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.9 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 15.1 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 20.0 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 21.7 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 24.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Memorial Cross Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainENE 70°1,169 m14.0 mi
Mount DayENE 74°1,163 m13.7 mi
Mount ThayerS 175°1,061 m14.1 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 220°985 m13.0 mi
Castle RockSW 222°979 m12.8 mi
The PeakSW 215°917 m12.5 mi
El SombrosoS 173°917 m13.1 mi
Antler PointE 86°913 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

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, 1 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel849 obs
  • Western Honey Bee168 obs
  • American Crow157 obs
  • Black Phoebe151 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird150 obs
  • Mallard143 obs
  • House Finch132 obs
  • Western Bluebird129 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.

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OpenStreetMap element way/52639338

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