Murphy Park
Murphy Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 26 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert E. Browne Park, a park 0.2 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 26 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Robert E. Browne Park: 0.2 mi
- Foothill Park: 0.3 mi
- Creighton Park: 0.4 mi
- Ben Rodgers Park: 0.5 mi
- Sinnot Park: 0.5 mi
- Former Ford Assembly Plant: 1.6 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.6 mi
- A Pioneer Memorial: 2.2 mi
- Confucius Statue: 4.4 mi
- Earnest “Ernie” Renzel, Junior: 4.9 mi
- Shakyamuni Buddha attaining Parinirvana: 2.4 mi
- Bodhidharma - The Greatest Zen Master: 2.4 mi
- Dhrtarashtra - Guardian of the East: 2.4 mi
- Bhaisajyaguru: The Medicine Buddha: 2.5 mi
- The Barefoot Immortal's footprint: 2.5 mi
- Dragon Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Eagle Rock: 3.9 mi
- Boccardo Peak: 4.0 mi
- Monument Peak: 4.1 mi
- Monument Peak Northwest: 4.3 mi
- Ponderosa Woods: 3.6 mi
- Gray Garden: 3.6 mi
- Blue Garden: 3.8 mi
- PayPal Garden: 4.4 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 4.4 mi
- Quail Hollow: 3.9 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.0 mi
- Todd Quick Rest Area: 4.1 mi
- Rustic Lands: 4.1 mi
- Buck Eyw Lane Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 4.6 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 5.3 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 9.0 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 9.0 mi
- Alum Rock Science & Nature Center: 4.6 mi
- 49ers Museum: 5.4 mi
- Intel Museum: 5.5 mi
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: 5.5 mi
- South Bay Historical Railroad Society: 6.1 mi
- Flight Deck: 5.6 mi
- Sally's Love Buggies: 5.6 mi
- Woodstock Express: 5.6 mi
- Orbit: 5.6 mi
- Rip Roaring Rapids: 5.6 mi
- McClure Spring: 5.6 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 13.2 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 14.5 mi
- South Spring: 14.6 mi
- Congress Springs: 15.9 mi
- Murietta Falls: 11.5 mi
- Tehan Falls: 17.4 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 18.6 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 18.7 mi
- Drawbridge: 6.1 mi
- Lexington: 17.0 mi
- Alma: 18.0 mi
- Stokes Landing: 18.9 mi
- Holy City: 19.5 mi
- The Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 15.0 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 15.5 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 18.2 mi
- Underworld Rock: 18.5 mi
- Niles beach: 12.7 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 14.5 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 14.6 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 17.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Murphy Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | ESE 112° | 1,327 m | 14.6 mi |
| Observatory Peak | ESE 115° | 1,298 m | 14.1 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | ESE 112° | 1,295 m | 14.7 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | ESE 114° | 1,286 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | ESE 114° | 1,279 m | 14.0 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | ESE 114° | 1,276 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Isabel | ESE 116° | 1,275 m | 15.6 mi |
| Galileo Peak | ESE 111° | 1,273 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 5 mi away.
- Turkey Vulture94 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird77 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk66 obs
- Western Fence Lizard64 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk57 obs
- Wild Turkey54 obs
- California Scrub-Jay54 obs
- Mule Deer53 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/550364681
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