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Raymond Bernal Junior Memorial Park

Raymond Bernal Junior Memorial Park from directly overhead

Raymond Bernal Junior Memorial Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 19 m. Observatory Peak stands 1,298 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Cannery Park, a park 0.1 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.35559, -121.89577

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.7 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.7 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.7 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.7 mi
Gardens
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.2 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.0 mi
  • Alum Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 24
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.2 mi
  • The Bluff: 12.7 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 14.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 14.3 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 20.4 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 16.5 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 18.9 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.1 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.0 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 24.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of Raymond Bernal Junior Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Observatory PeakE 94°1,298 m13.9 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakE 93°1,286 m14.2 mi
Mount HamiltonE 94°1,279 m13.9 mi
Huyghens PeakE 94°1,276 m14.1 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 95°1,237 m13.9 mi
Black MountainENE 62°1,169 m12.1 mi
Mount DayENE 67°1,163 m11.6 mi
Mount UmunhumS 181°1,063 m13.5 mi

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, 2 mi away.

  • Eastern Fox Squirrel426 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel342 obs
  • Black Phoebe243 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco231 obs
  • American Crow227 obs
  • Western Honey Bee200 obs
  • Canada Goose151 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird138 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/25966406

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