- Elevation, modelled
- 45 m
- Tallest summit within 15.7 miles
- Copernicus Peak1,327 m · 12.7 mi
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 37.3809, -121.8572
Penitencia Creek Park is a park in California, at a modelled 45 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Riparian Street Park, a park 0.1 miles away.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of Penitencia Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | E 101° | 1,327 m | 12.7 mi |
| Observatory Peak | ESE 103° | 1,298 m | 12.1 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | E 101° | 1,295 m | 12.8 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | ESE 102° | 1,286 m | 12.3 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | ESE 103° | 1,279 m | 12.1 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | ESE 103° | 1,276 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Isabel | ESE 106° | 1,275 m | 13.5 mi |
| Galileo Peak | E 99° | 1,273 m | 12.4 mi |
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Riparian Street Park: 0.1 mi
- Penitencia Creek Park: 0.2 mi
- Commodore Park: 0.4 mi
- Penitencia Creek Park: 0.5 mi
- Penitencia Creek Gardens: 0.5 mi
Gardens
- Ponderosa Woods: 0.3 mi
- Gray Garden: 0.4 mi
- Blue Garden: 0.6 mi
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 1.1 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
- Confucius Statue: 1.2 mi
- Backesto Fountain: 2.5 mi
- Little Calvary: 2.7 mi
- 都板街: 2.9 mi
- 企利街: 2.9 mi
Artworks
- Buddha: 2.1 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 2.3 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 2.4 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 2.4 mi
- Triumph: 2.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Quail Hollow: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Rock: 2.4 mi
- Backesto One Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
- Rustic Lands: 2.6 mi
- Todd Quick Rest Area: 3.0 mi
Peaks
- Eagle Rock: 2.5 mi
- Boccardo Peak: 3.3 mi
- Alum Rock: 3.8 mi
- Dragon Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Communications Hill: 6.5 mi
Museums
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: 3.1 mi
- Alum Rock Science & Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- Carmel and Thomas Fallon House: 3.7 mi
- Luis María Peralta Adobe: 3.7 mi
- The Tech Interactive: 3.9 mi
Attractions
- Crooked House: 3.8 mi
- Pacific Fruit Express: 3.8 mi
- Saucer Swing: 3.8 mi
- Keep Around Carousel: 3.8 mi
- Miner's Maze: 3.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 4.4 mi
- Ulistac Natural Area: 5.7 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 7.3 mi
- Blue Oak Ranch Reserve: 7.6 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 8.5 mi
Springs: 24
- McClure Spring: 8.8 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 11.2 mi
- South Spring: 12.7 mi
- Cherry Springs: 13.7 mi
- Congress Springs: 14.3 mi
Waterfalls: 16
- Murietta Falls: 13.1 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 17.3 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 17.7 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 18.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Drawbridge: 8.7 mi
- Lexington: 14.6 mi
- Alma: 15.4 mi
- Holy City: 16.9 mi
- Patchen: 17.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
- The Bluff: 10.1 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 13.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 16.7 mi
- Underworld Rock: 17.0 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 4
- Niles beach: 15.9 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 16.3 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 16.5 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 20.0 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 | 18:31 | 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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