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Mitchell Park

Mitchell Park from directly overhead

Mitchell Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 6 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Arbor Group Area, a picnic site 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
6 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.42122, -122.11529
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
Artworks
Parks
Gardens
Historic sites
Museums
Peaks
Attractions
  • Environmental Volunteers EcoCenter: 2.5 mi
  • Hewlett Packard's Garage: 2.6 mi
  • Tower Well structure (historic): 3.3 mi
  • Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 3.4 mi
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 45
Waterfalls: 15
Ghost towns: 14
Springs: 12
  • Spring source: 7.9 mi
  • Summit Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Summit Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Congress Springs: 12.6 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 12.6 mi
Cliffs: 8
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 20.3 mi
  • Chab: 21.4 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.6 miles of Mitchell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount BielawskiS 175°985 m13.7 mi
Castle RockS 175°979 m13.4 mi
The PeakS 170°917 m14.2 mi
Lookout TowerS 178°892 m12.1 mi
Goat RockS 178°890 m13.3 mi
Sunnyvale MountainS 170°880 m14.4 mi
Summit RockS 176°878 m12.5 mi
Varian PeakS 180°873 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:2016:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485155576166686766615348
Precip in2.93.22.21.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.62.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Palo Alto, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Snowy Egret1,390 obs
  • American Avocet1,120 obs
  • Black-necked Stilt1,114 obs
  • Mallard1,033 obs
  • Great Egret1,019 obs
  • Northern Shoveler884 obs
  • Forster's Tern859 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron806 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/26662981

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