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Ryland Park

Ryland Park from directly overhead

Ryland Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Mount Hamilton stands 1,279 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is When the Mountain Fell in Love with the Sea, a artwork 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
1920-10-01
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
San José Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.34237, -121.89686
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Historic sites
  • The Former Members of the San Jose Units: 0.3 mi
  • Lieutenant Colonel Louis J. Van Dalsem: 0.3 mi
  • Robert F. Kennedy: 0.4 mi
  • First Unitarian Church: 0.4 mi
  • Henry Morris Naglee Memorial: 0.4 mi
Parks
Museums
Gardens
  • Historic Orchard: 0.5 mi
  • Heritage Rose Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Courtyard Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Spartan Rose Garden: 0.9 mi
  • CNGF Native Plant Farm: 1.2 mi
Picnic sites
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.1 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.1 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.1 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.2 mi
Attractions
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Boccardo Peak: 6.6 mi
  • Alum Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Lone Hill: 6.9 mi
Nature reserves
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 25
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 5
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.7 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 13.4 mi
  • The Bluff: 13.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 13.7 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 21.3 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 17.4 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 19.7 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 22.9 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 23.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Ryland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount HamiltonE 90°1,279 m13.9 mi
Ptolemy PeakE 91°1,237 m13.9 mi
Black MountainENE 59°1,169 m12.6 mi
Mount DayENE 63°1,163 m12.1 mi
Mount UmunhumS 181°1,063 m12.6 mi
Mount ThayerS 186°1,061 m12.4 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 233°985 m13.6 mi
Castle RockSW 234°979 m13.5 mi
Conditions

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel467 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel355 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco317 obs
  • Black Phoebe314 obs
  • American Crow275 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird252 obs
  • Western Honey Bee251 obs
  • Yellow-rumped Warbler221 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/25910908

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