Park · California
Penitencia Creek Park
Penitencia Creek Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 58 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off.
What the record says
- Built
- 1971
How to reach it
Coordinates37.39028, -121.84780
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Penitencia Creek Park: 0.4 mi
- Noble Park: 0.4 mi
- Cimarron Park: 0.6 mi
- Penitencia Creek Reach: 0.6 mi
- Riparian Street Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
- Ponderosa Woods: 1.2 mi
- Gray Garden: 1.2 mi
- Blue Garden: 1.4 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 1.8 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites
- Quail Hollow: 1.7 mi
- Eagle Rock: 1.8 mi
- Rustic Lands: 1.9 mi
- Todd Quick Rest Area: 2.2 mi
- Buck Eyw Lane Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
Peaks
- Eagle Rock: 1.8 mi
- Boccardo Peak: 2.5 mi
- Alum Rock: 3.2 mi
- Dragon Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Monument Peak: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
- Confucius Statue: 1.8 mi
- Little Calvary: 3.0 mi
- Former Ford Assembly Plant: 3.3 mi
- Backesto Fountain: 3.4 mi
- 都板街: 3.7 mi
Museums
- Alum Rock Science & Nature Center: 2.7 mi
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: 3.9 mi
- Carmel and Thomas Fallon House: 4.5 mi
- Luis María Peralta Adobe: 4.5 mi
- The Tech Interactive: 4.7 mi
Artworks
- Buddha: 2.8 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 3.2 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 3.2 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 3.3 mi
- Triumph: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 6.0 mi
- Blue Oak Ranch Reserve: 7.1 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 7.4 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 9.2 mi
Attractions
- Sidewinder: 4.1 mi
- Dragon's Den: 4.1 mi
- Bombs Away: 4.1 mi
- Barracuda Blaster: 4.1 mi
- Wave Pool: 4.2 mi
Springs: 22
- McClure Spring: 8.2 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 11.7 mi
- South Spring: 12.3 mi
- Strommer Spring-Drinking water(must be treated): 14.2 mi
- Cherry Springs: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Murietta Falls: 12.3 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 18.1 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 18.4 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 18.8 mi
- Tehan Falls: 20.2 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Drawbridge: 8.7 mi
- Lexington: 15.5 mi
- Alma: 16.2 mi
- Holy City: 17.7 mi
- Patchen: 18.1 mi
Cliffs: 5
- The Bluff: 9.3 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 14.7 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 17.2 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 17.5 mi
- Underworld Rock: 17.8 mi
Beaches: 4
- Del Valle West Beach: 15.5 mi
- Niles beach: 15.6 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 15.7 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 19.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.1 miles of Penitencia Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | ESE 104° | 1,327 m | 12.3 mi |
| Observatory Peak | ESE 107° | 1,298 m | 11.8 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | ESE 104° | 1,295 m | 12.5 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | ESE 106° | 1,286 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | ESE 106° | 1,279 m | 11.7 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | ESE 106° | 1,276 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Isabel | ESE 109° | 1,275 m | 13.2 mi |
| Galileo Peak | ESE 103° | 1,273 m | 12.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| 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 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 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 | 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, 5 mi away.
- Turkey Vulture564 obs
- California buckeye151 obs
- Mallard133 obs
- California Ground Squirrel115 obs
- coast live oak111 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk110 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird106 obs
- Black Phoebe104 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/28518614
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