- Elevation, modelled
- 36 m
- Tallest summit within 15.4 miles
- Copernicus Peak1,327 m · 12.8 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 37.3744, -121.8608
Penitencia Creek Gardens is a park in California, at a modelled 36 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Gray Garden, a garden 0.1 miles away.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Penitencia Creek Gardens. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | E 99° | 1,327 m | 12.8 mi |
| Observatory Peak | E 101° | 1,298 m | 12.2 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | E 99° | 1,295 m | 13.0 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | E 100° | 1,286 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | E 101° | 1,279 m | 12.2 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | E 100° | 1,276 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Isabel | ESE 104° | 1,275 m | 13.6 mi |
| Galileo Peak | E 97° | 1,273 m | 12.5 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- Gray Garden: 0.1 mi
- Blue Garden: 0.1 mi
- Ponderosa Woods: 0.1 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 0.8 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 2.9 mi
Parks
- Commodore Park: 0.2 mi
- Penitencia Creek County Park: 0.2 mi
- Penitencia Creek Park: 0.3 mi
- Penitencia Creek Park: 0.5 mi
- Riparian Street Park: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Confucius Statue: 0.8 mi
- Backesto Fountain: 2.1 mi
- 都板街: 2.4 mi
- 企利街: 2.4 mi
- 企季崙街: 2.4 mi
Artworks
- Buddha: 1.7 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 1.8 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 1.9 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 2.0 mi
- Where the Tree is Born: 2.3 mi
Picnic sites
- Backesto One Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Quail Hollow: 2.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.8 mi
- Rustic Lands: 2.9 mi
- Todd Quick Rest Area: 3.3 mi
Museums
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: 2.6 mi
- Carmel and Thomas Fallon House: 3.2 mi
- Luis María Peralta Adobe: 3.2 mi
- The Tech Interactive: 3.4 mi
- Little Italy Museum and Cultural Center: 3.4 mi
Peaks
- Eagle Rock: 2.9 mi
- Boccardo Peak: 3.7 mi
- Alum Rock: 4.1 mi
- Communications Hill: 6.0 mi
- Dragon Mountain: 6.2 mi
Attractions
- Crooked House: 3.3 mi
- Pacific Fruit Express: 3.4 mi
- Saucer Swing: 3.4 mi
- Miner's Maze: 3.4 mi
- Keep Around Carousel: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 5.6 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 7.3 mi
- Blue Oak Ranch Reserve: 7.9 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 8.3 mi
Springs: 25
- McClure Spring: 9.2 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 10.9 mi
- South Spring: 12.8 mi
- Cherry Springs: 13.2 mi
- Congress Springs: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Murietta Falls: 13.6 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 17.3 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- Lower Falls: 20.3 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Drawbridge: 8.8 mi
- Lexington: 14.2 mi
- Alma: 14.9 mi
- Holy City: 16.4 mi
- Patchen: 16.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
- The Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 13.5 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 16.3 mi
- Underworld Rock: 16.6 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 4
- Niles beach: 16.2 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 16.8 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 17.0 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 20.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 4 mi away.
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