Orchard Gardens Park
Orchard Gardens Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 9 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is John W. Christian Greenbelt, a park 0.3 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 9 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- John W. Christian Greenbelt: 0.3 mi
- Columbia Park: 0.4 mi
- Seven Seas Park: 0.5 mi
- Humboldt Park: 0.7 mi
- John W. Christian Greenbelt: 0.9 mi
- Child's Play: 0.6 mi
- Satellite Palm: 0.7 mi
- Child's Play: 0.7 mi
- Child's Play: 0.8 mi
- Technically West: 0.9 mi
- De Anza Expedition: 1.2 mi
- Martin Murphy Home and Estate: 1.2 mi
- Hendy's "California" Stamp Mill: 1.3 mi
- Shenandoah Plaza: 2.1 mi
- China Camp: 3.2 mi
- Plaza del Sol: 1.6 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 1.6 mi
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 1.7 mi
- Star Tower: 2.7 mi
- Xtreme Skyflyer: 2.7 mi
- Joshua Hendy Iron Works Museum: 1.6 mi
- Moffett Field Model Railroad Club: 1.8 mi
- Moffett Field Historical Society Museum: 1.8 mi
- 49ers Museum: 3.0 mi
- Sunnyvale Heritage Park Museum: 3.0 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 1.7 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 1.7 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 1.7 mi
- Baylands Park Picnic area: 1.8 mi
- Braly Picnic #1: 2.5 mi
- Charles Street Garden: 2.0 mi
- Water-wise Demonstration Garden: 3.3 mi
- Sister City Friendship rock garden: 3.3 mi
- Cuesta Pollinator Habitat: 3.7 mi
- Senior Center Community Garden: 3.7 mi
- Stevens Creek Shoreline Nature Study Area Open Space Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 3.7 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 3.7 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 3.8 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 3.8 mi
- Anza Knoll: 5.5 mi
- Coyote Hill: 6.8 mi
- Hunters Point: 7.6 mi
- Ewing Hill: 7.8 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Niles beach: 12.4 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 20.9 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 21.1 mi
- Martins Beach: 21.2 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 21.2 mi
- Spring source: 9.6 mi
- Congress Springs: 10.8 mi
- McClure Spring: 10.9 mi
- Travertine Springs: 12.8 mi
- Summit Spring: 15.6 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 11.1 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 12.8 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 15.0 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 18.2 mi
- Drawbridge: 5.3 mi
- Lexington: 14.2 mi
- Stokes Landing: 15.0 mi
- Alma: 15.4 mi
- Holy City: 17.0 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 8.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 12.5 mi
- Underworld Rock: 12.7 mi
- The Bluff: 16.2 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 21.9 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Orchard Gardens Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | SSW 197° | 985 m | 12.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSW 198° | 979 m | 12.5 mi |
| The Peak | SSW 192° | 917 m | 12.8 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSW 204° | 892 m | 11.6 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSW 201° | 890 m | 12.7 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | S 191° | 880 m | 12.9 mi |
| Summit Rock | SSW 200° | 878 m | 11.7 mi |
| Varian Peak | SSW 203° | 873 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 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 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 1 mi away.
- Mallard464 obs
- Black-crowned Night Heron341 obs
- Common Gallinule332 obs
- Monarch329 obs
- Great Egret314 obs
- Great Blue Heron312 obs
- Snowy Egret294 obs
- Northern Shoveler265 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/36836142
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 29 mi
- Aptos · 30 mi
- Capitola · 30 mi
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