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River Oaks Park

River Oaks Park from directly overhead

River Oaks Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 7 m. Black Mountain stands 1,169 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Crescent Village Garden, a park less than a tenth of a mile away.

What to expect

Operated by
City of San Jose

How to reach it

Coordinates37.40360, -121.93093

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Crescent Village Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Moitozo Park: 0.6 mi
  • Riverview Park: 0.7 mi
  • Iris Chang Park: 0.7 mi
  • River view Stormwater Garden: 0.8 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Gardens
Attractions
Peaks
  • Dragon Mountain: 6.2 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Monument Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Monument Peak Northwest: 6.7 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.8 mi
Waterfalls: 23
Springs: 17
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 5
  • The Bluff: 11.7 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 11.8 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 15.1 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 15.3 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 18.4 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Niles beach: 12.8 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 17.8 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 19.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.7 miles of River Oaks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Black MountainE 79°1,169 m12.8 mi
Mount DayE 85°1,163 m12.7 mi
Rose PeakENE 57°1,163 m13.5 mi
Mount LewisENE 69°1,136 m14.7 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 216°985 m15.3 mi
Castle RockSW 217°979 m15.1 mi
The PeakSSW 211°917 m14.9 mi
El SombrosoS 176°917 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:33
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, 3 mi away.

  • California Scrub-Jay456 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird384 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk368 obs
  • Northern Mockingbird366 obs
  • House Finch345 obs
  • California Towhee332 obs
  • Golden-crowned Sparrow327 obs
  • Black Phoebe310 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/326491744

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