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Miner Park

Miner Park from directly overhead

Miner Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 54 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Alex Anderson Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
54 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.24757, -121.81863
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Alex Anderson Park: 0.4 mi
  • Calero Park: 0.5 mi
  • Coy Park: 0.7 mi
  • Palmia Park: 0.7 mi
  • Chynoweth Neighborhood Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Historic El Camino Real: 1.0 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 2.4 mi
  • The Pfeiffer Stone House: 2.5 mi
  • Gina "Frogquist" Grove: 2.5 mi
  • The Buena Vista: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
Peaks
  • One Tree Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Coyote Peak: 3.6 mi
  • Communications Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Tulare Hill: 4.0 mi
  • Almaden Meadows Hill: 4.0 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Springs: 40
Beaches: 32
Waterfalls: 21
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 9
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 22.3 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 23.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 24.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of Miner Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakENE 56°1,327 m12.4 mi
Observatory PeakNE 56°1,298 m11.6 mi
Hipparchus PeakENE 57°1,295 m12.5 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakENE 56°1,286 m11.9 mi
Mount HamiltonNE 56°1,279 m11.6 mi
Huyghens PeakENE 56°1,276 m11.8 mi
Mount IsabelENE 63°1,275 m12.2 mi
Galileo PeakNE 55°1,273 m12.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1816:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 8 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee304 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard303 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel172 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird157 obs
  • California poppy149 obs
  • coast live oak141 obs
  • Red Cone Gall Wasp141 obs
  • Pacific poison oak139 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/30392398

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