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Overfelt Gardens Park

Overfelt Gardens Park from directly overhead

Overfelt Gardens Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Chinese Cultural Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1966
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
San José Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.36461, -121.85563
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
Historic sites
Parks
  • Plata Arroyo Park: 0.5 mi
  • Plata Arroyo Park: 0.5 mi
  • Newbury Park: 0.6 mi
  • Madden Park: 0.6 mi
  • Children of the Rainbow Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
  • Buddha: 1.0 mi
  • Triumph: 1.5 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 1.6 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 1.6 mi
  • Black Lives Matter: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Perch: 2.7 mi
  • Butterfly Garden: 2.7 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.7 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 2.7 mi
Museums
Attractions
  • Crooked House: 2.7 mi
  • Saucer Swing: 2.7 mi
  • Pacific Fruit Express: 2.7 mi
  • Keep Around Carousel: 2.7 mi
  • Miner's Maze: 2.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Springs: 23
Waterfalls: 17
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 11.0 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 13.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 16.1 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 16.4 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 19.0 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Niles beach: 16.9 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 17.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 17.4 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 21.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Overfelt Gardens Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakE 96°1,327 m12.5 mi
Observatory PeakE 98°1,298 m11.8 mi
Hipparchus PeakE 96°1,295 m12.6 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 97°1,286 m12.0 mi
Mount HamiltonE 98°1,279 m11.8 mi
Huyghens PeakE 97°1,276 m11.9 mi
Mount IsabelESE 101°1,275 m13.2 mi
Galileo PeakE 94°1,273 m12.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee328 obs
  • Spotless Lady Beetle114 obs
  • Canada Goose111 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird95 obs
  • European Paper Wasp94 obs
  • Southern Masked Chafer91 obs
  • Figeater Beetle90 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard80 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/28414010

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