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Nielsen Park

Nielsen Park from directly overhead

Nielsen Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 105 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Bicentennial Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
105 m
Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.68792, -121.87046
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 2.6 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 2.7 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.8 mi
  • John C. Calhoun Memorial Table: 6.3 mi
Artworks
  • Elatus: 1.7 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 1.9 mi
  • Don Biddle Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Conversation: 2.7 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • J.W. Kottinger's Barn: 1.7 mi
  • Camp Parks: 1.8 mi
  • Historic Camp Parks Sign: 2.7 mi
  • Dublin Civic Center: 2.8 mi
  • Toliver Airship: 2.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
Peaks
Springs: 18
  • Eugene Spring: 5.8 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 11.9 mi
  • Sycamore Spring: 12.2 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Beaches: 7
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Niles beach: 10.5 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 11.8 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 12.3 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 19.3 mi
Cliffs: 6
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 8.3 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 12.4 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 13.0 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.9 mi
  • Chab: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 3
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Nielsen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloN 350°1,173 m13.6 mi
Rose PeakSSE 147°1,163 m14.6 mi
Cedar MountainESE 121°1,118 m16.9 mi
Devil's PulpitN 350°1,110 m13.6 mi
North PeakN 353°1,084 m14.3 mi
Lookout PointSE 137°1,051 m16.4 mi
Ransom PointN 350°1,037 m13.9 mi
Mount OlympiaN 353°898 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:33
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:2016:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576268727270645448
Precip in2.82.92.21.10.60.10.00.10.10.71.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Muni AP, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Red-tailed Hawk111 obs
  • Mallard97 obs
  • valley oak92 obs
  • coast live oak90 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay81 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard72 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel70 obs
  • Great Egret67 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/128808302

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