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Ortega Park

Ortega Park from directly overhead

Ortega Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 55 m. Mount Thayer stands 1,061 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Panama Park, a park 0.6 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
55 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.34212, -122.02572
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Braly Picnic #3: 1.5 mi
  • Braly Picnic #2: 1.5 mi
  • Braly Picnic #1: 1.5 mi
  • Central Park Pavillion: 2.8 mi
  • Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Charles Street Garden: 2.2 mi
  • Nature Center: 2.6 mi
  • School Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Drought Demonstration Garden: 2.7 mi
  • McClellan Ranch Community Garden: 2.8 mi
Peaks
  • Anza Knoll: 2.7 mi
  • Hunters Point: 3.8 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 4.6 mi
  • Nob Hill: 4.7 mi
  • Table Mountain: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 31
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 20
  • Congress Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Spring source: 7.7 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 9.5 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 13.6 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 10
  • Graffiti Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 9.0 mi
  • The Bluff: 18.4 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 21.8 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Ortega Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ThayerSSE 155°1,061 m13.6 mi
Mount BielawskiSSW 204°985 m9.0 mi
Castle RockSSW 206°979 m8.7 mi
The PeakSSW 196°917 m8.9 mi
El SombrosoSSE 151°917 m13.0 mi
Lookout TowerSW 215°892 m8.0 mi
Goat RockSSW 210°890 m9.1 mi
Sunnyvale MountainSSW 195°880 m9.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586266686868645651
Precip in2.52.92.01.00.40.10.00.00.10.61.42.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard176 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco166 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel144 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird140 obs
  • Monarch119 obs
  • Mallard108 obs
  • Black Phoebe106 obs
  • Mitred Parakeet97 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/22462667

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