Montgomery Hill Park
Montgomery Hill Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east-northeast, 7.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Montgomery Hill, a peak 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1971
What to expect
- Operated by
- San José Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Montgomery Hill: 0.2 mi
- Masters Hill: 2.7 mi
- Mount Misery: 3.4 mi
- Panochita Hill: 3.7 mi
- Tulare Hill: 5.7 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument: 0.4 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 0.7 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 3.8 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 4.1 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 4.5 mi
- Evergreen Park: 0.6 mi
- Falls Creek Park: 0.7 mi
- Fowler Creek Park: 0.8 mi
- Canyon Creek Park: 1.0 mi
- Florence Park: 1.3 mi
- Discoveries: 2.1 mi
- Discoveries: 2.1 mi
- Discoveries: 2.1 mi
- Health Brings Peace of Heart and Happiness: 3.8 mi
- Lunar New Year: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Site: 2.9 mi
- Cottonwood Lake Group Site: 3.1 mi
- Buena Vista Group Site: 3.1 mi
- Stockman's Group Picnic SIte: 3.3 mi
- Yerba Buena Group site: 3.4 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 3.3 mi
- Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 6.7 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 6.8 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 7.1 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 3.6 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 4.0 mi
- Basking Ridge Conservation Easement: 4.6 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 4.8 mi
- Tulare Hill Conservation Area: 5.5 mi
- Little Dipper: 3.7 mi
- Slide Creek Falls: 3.7 mi
- Shotgun Falls: 3.7 mi
- Serpentine Slides: 3.7 mi
- Great White Shark: 3.7 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 5.5 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 5.5 mi
- Chinese American Historical Museum: 5.5 mi
- Portuguese Historical Museum: 5.5 mi
- Viet Museum: 5.7 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 5.7 mi
- South Spring: 7.5 mi
- Willow Spring: 11.6 mi
- Cherry Springs: 11.6 mi
- Blackberry Spring: 13.4 mi
- Lower Falls: 15.1 mi
- Granuja Falls: 15.3 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 15.4 mi
- Basin Falls: 15.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 15.6 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 19.3 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 19.7 mi
- Niles beach: 23.3 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 24.4 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 24.4 mi
- The Bluff: 14.0 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 17.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 19.0 mi
- Underworld Rock: 19.4 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.4 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Montgomery Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | ENE 67° | 1,327 m | 7.7 mi |
| Observatory Peak | ENE 67° | 1,298 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | ENE 67° | 1,295 m | 7.9 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | ENE 67° | 1,286 m | 7.2 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | ENE 67° | 1,279 m | 6.9 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | ENE 68° | 1,276 m | 7.1 mi |
| Mount Isabel | ENE 78° | 1,275 m | 7.8 mi |
| Galileo Peak | ENE 64° | 1,273 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 7 mi away.
- California Ground Squirrel206 obs
- Mallard162 obs
- Canada Goose148 obs
- Western Bluebird126 obs
- White-crowned Sparrow118 obs
- Pacific poison oak117 obs
- Turkey Vulture114 obs
- California poppy114 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/124334700
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 24 mi
- Capitola · 25 mi
- Watsonville · 26 mi
- Santa Cruz · 27 mi
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