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River Glen Park

River Glen Park from directly overhead

River Glen Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 38 m. Mount Hamilton stands 1,279 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Roberto Antonio Balermino Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
38 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.30187, -121.88756

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
Attractions
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Danny's Place: 2.1 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.1 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.1 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.1 mi
  • Sunflower Circle: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Springs: 28
Waterfalls: 25
  • Castle Rock Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Gerow's Waterfall: 14.6 mi
  • Peter's Creek Falls: 15.4 mi
  • Lower Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 15.9 mi
Beaches: 23
  • Niles beach: 20.2 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 20.9 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 21.8 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 22.1 mi
  • Potbelly Beach: 22.5 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 24.4 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of River Glen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HamiltonENE 78°1,279 m13.7 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 79°1,237 m13.6 mi
Mount DayNE 51°1,163 m13.1 mi
Loma PrietaS 170°1,154 m13.4 mi
Crystal PeakSSE 168°1,097 m13.3 mi
Mount UmunhumS 184°1,063 m9.8 mi
Mount ThayerS 190°1,061 m9.7 mi
Mount ChualSSE 167°1,046 m13.0 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, 5 mi away.

  • Anna's Hummingbird143 obs
  • Arizona Mantis126 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel122 obs
  • House Finch109 obs
  • Monarch107 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard106 obs
  • Western Honey Bee106 obs
  • American Crow101 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/38605628

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