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Palm Haven Park

Palm Haven Park from directly overhead

Palm Haven Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 35 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hummingbird Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

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Coordinates37.31571, -121.90067
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Hummingbird Park: 0.2 mi
  • Del Monte Park: 0.4 mi
  • Biebrach Park: 0.5 mi
  • O'Connor Park: 0.7 mi
  • Tamien Park: 0.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Historic El Camino Real: 0.9 mi
  • San Jose/Santa Clara Valley Veterans Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Sons of San José: 1.2 mi
  • City Hall Cornerstone: 1.3 mi
  • In Memory of the Burning of San Jose Chinatown: 1.3 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Picnic sites
  • Danny's Place: 2.1 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.1 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.1 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.1 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 2.1 mi
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 2.7 mi
  • Lone Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Blossom Hill: 6.4 mi
  • Almaden Meadows Hill: 6.5 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 7.2 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 27
Waterfalls: 26
  • Castle Rock Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Gerow's Waterfall: 14.0 mi
  • Peter's Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
  • Lower Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 17.0 mi
Beaches: 16
  • Niles beach: 19.1 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 21.5 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 21.6 mi
  • Potbelly Beach: 23.4 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Graffiti Rock: 9.9 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 12.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 12.5 mi
  • The Bluff: 15.2 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 23.0 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Palm Haven Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainNE 52°1,169 m13.8 mi
Mount DayENE 56°1,163 m13.2 mi
Mount UmunhumS 179°1,063 m10.7 mi
Mount ThayerS 186°1,061 m10.5 mi
Mount BielawskiWSW 239°985 m12.4 mi
Castle RockWSW 241°979 m12.3 mi
El SombrosoS 183°917 m9.5 mi
The PeakSW 235°917 m11.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel433 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco358 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel310 obs
  • Black Phoebe294 obs
  • American Crow291 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird289 obs
  • Western Honey Bee274 obs
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler250 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/38681310

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