Park · California
Rainbow Park
Rainbow Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 72 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is School Garden, a garden 0.5 miles away.
How to reach it
Coordinates37.30076, -122.00704
Named places within 25 miles
Gardens
- School Garden: 0.5 mi
- Life Lab: 0.6 mi
- Saratoga Community Garden: 1.4 mi
- Nature Center: 2.6 mi
- McClellan Ranch Community Garden: 3.2 mi
Parks
- Murdock Park: 0.5 mi
- Saratoga Creek Park: 0.6 mi
- Rancho Rinconada Recreation Center: 0.9 mi
- Calabazas Park: 1.0 mi
- Gullo Park: 1.0 mi
Artworks
- The Readers: 1.7 mi
- The Dancers: 1.7 mi
- The Morion: 1.8 mi
- Biltmore Family: 1.8 mi
- Welcome to Cupertino: 2.0 mi
Historic sites
- Historic El Camino Real: 2.1 mi
- Arroyo de San Joseph Cupertino: 3.0 mi
- Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge: 3.3 mi
- Charles Clifton Spalding House: 3.3 mi
- Ainsley House: 3.6 mi
Attractions
- Fujitsu Planetarium: 2.5 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 3.6 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 4.8 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 4.8 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 5.5 mi
Museums
- Euphrat Museum of Art: 2.5 mi
- California History Center: 2.6 mi
- Environmental Education Center: 3.2 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 3.2 mi
- Saratoga Historical Park: 3.3 mi
Peaks
- Hunters Point: 2.9 mi
- Nob Hill: 3.3 mi
- Maisie's Peak: 3.4 mi
- Anza Knoll: 4.1 mi
- Table Mountain: 5.1 mi
Picnic sites
- Central Park Pavillion: 3.3 mi
- Villa Maria Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
- Villa Maria Group Picnic Site: 3.6 mi
- Baytree Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 3.3 mi
- Stevens Creek County Park: 3.9 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 4.5 mi
- Stevens Canyon Ranch: 5.8 mi
Beaches: 57
- Cable Car Beach: 18.9 mi
- Niles beach: 19.2 mi
- Waddell Beach (State Parks): 20.6 mi
- Waddell Beach (County of Santa Cruz): 20.6 mi
- Las Trancas Beach: 20.8 mi
Waterfalls: 25
- Castle Rock Falls: 7.4 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 8.1 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 8.8 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 12.3 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 13.9 mi
Springs: 21
- Congress Springs: 4.6 mi
- Travertine Springs: 8.5 mi
- Spring source: 8.5 mi
- Cherry Springs: 9.3 mi
- Bulls Spring: 12.5 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Graffiti Rock: 4.0 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 6.9 mi
- Underworld Rock: 7.2 mi
- The Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 20.5 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Lexington: 7.3 mi
- Alma: 8.5 mi
- Holy City: 10.1 mi
- Patchen: 10.7 mi
- Drawbridge: 11.5 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 17.6 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 23.5 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 24.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 24.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Rainbow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Umunhum | SSE 148° | 1,063 m | 11.4 mi |
| Mount Thayer | SSE 153° | 1,061 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SW 221° | 985 m | 7.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 224° | 979 m | 7.0 mi |
| The Peak | SSW 212° | 917 m | 6.7 mi |
| El Sombroso | SSE 148° | 917 m | 10.0 mi |
| Lookout Tower | WSW 236° | 892 m | 6.8 mi |
| Goat Rock | SW 228° | 890 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 5 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard105 obs
- Western Honey Bee92 obs
- Monarch76 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel75 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird73 obs
- Western Bluebird58 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco57 obs
- Mourning Dove55 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/39158143
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