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Mission San Jose Community Park

Mission San Jose Community Park from directly overhead

Mission San Jose Community Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 37 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Buena Vista Park, a park 0.8 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
37 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.54594, -121.93792
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Gardens at Palmdale: 1.1 mi
  • Leaf CR Stone Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 2.7 mi
  • LEAF Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.7 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Reserved "A" Area: 1.2 mi
  • Dock Area: 1.3 mi
  • Brook 2 Area: 1.3 mi
  • Brook 1 Area: 1.4 mi
  • Reserved "D" Area: 1.4 mi
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
  • Niles: 3.2 mi
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 3.2 mi
  • Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 6.1 mi
  • The Patterson House: 6.1 mi
  • Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 6.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Springs: 25
  • McClure Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 12.6 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 12.8 mi
  • Spring source: 20.2 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 8
  • Niles beach: 4.3 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 10.1 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 13.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • The Bluff: 10.1 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 12.0 mi
  • Chab: 16.5 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 18.4 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 20.0 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 5
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.9 miles of Mission San Jose Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainESE 120°1,169 m15.0 mi
Rose PeakESE 102°1,163 m11.9 mi
Mount DayESE 124°1,163 m15.6 mi
Mount LewisESE 108°1,136 m14.8 mi
Cedar MountainE 87°1,118 m18.2 mi
Lookout PointE 98°1,051 m15.1 mi
Rattlesnake ButteESE 123°960 m19.1 mi
Antler PointSE 132°913 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586265676867635551
Precip in3.03.22.51.20.50.20.00.00.10.71.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard268 obs
  • Canada Goose166 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel146 obs
  • Great Blue Heron119 obs
  • American Coot111 obs
  • Great-tailed Grackle98 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron82 obs
  • Black Phoebe80 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/38019417

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