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Mission San Jose Park

Mission San Jose Park from directly overhead

Mission San Jose Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 84 m. Galileo Peak stands 1,273 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Sabercat Creek Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

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Coordinates37.52806, -121.92351
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sabercat Creek Park: 0.2 mi
  • Old Mission Park: 0.4 mi
  • Richter Field: 0.5 mi
  • Phillip Bauer Park: 1.3 mi
  • Arroyo Agua Caliente Park: 1.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Gardens at Palmdale: 0.6 mi
  • Leaf CR Stone Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Koomei George Kato Memorial Garden: 4.0 mi
  • LEAF Community Garden: 5.0 mi
  • Rose Garden: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Reserved "A" Area: 2.4 mi
  • Dock Area: 2.4 mi
  • Brook 2 Area: 2.4 mi
  • Brook 1 Area: 2.5 mi
  • Kennedy Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 4.6 mi
  • Niles: 4.7 mi
  • Indian Joe Cave Rocks: 5.8 mi
  • W-Tree: 6.7 mi
  • The Patterson House: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 22
  • McClure Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 12.1 mi
  • Eugene Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Spring source: 19.8 mi
  • South Spring: 20.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • The Bluff: 9.0 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 12.0 mi
  • Chab: 18.0 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 19.2 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 19.8 mi
Beaches: 7
  • Niles beach: 5.7 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 12.9 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 13.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 21.9 mi
Ghost towns: 5
Waterfalls: 5
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.0 miles of Mission San Jose Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Galileo PeakSE 128°1,273 m20.0 mi
Black MountainESE 117°1,169 m13.7 mi
Rose PeakE 96°1,163 m11.0 mi
Mount DayESE 121°1,163 m14.3 mi
Mount LewisESE 104°1,136 m13.7 mi
Cedar MountainE 83°1,118 m17.5 mi
Lookout PointE 94°1,051 m14.2 mi
Rattlesnake ButteESE 121°960 m17.7 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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard105 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel62 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay58 obs
  • Wild Turkey54 obs
  • Western Bluebird53 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird51 obs
  • California poppy51 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk49 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/39260288

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