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Selwyn Park

Selwyn Park from directly overhead

Selwyn Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 16 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east-southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Foothill Park, a park 0.5 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
16 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.43219, -121.88434

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
Peaks
  • Dragon Mountain: 2.9 mi
  • Monument Peak: 3.8 mi
  • Monument Peak Northwest: 4.0 mi
  • Monument Peak North: 4.1 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 4.5 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Quail Hollow: 4.6 mi
  • Eagle Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Todd Quick Rest Area: 4.7 mi
  • Rustic Lands: 4.7 mi
  • Buck Eyw Lane Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
Attractions
Springs: 20
Waterfalls: 13
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 6
  • The Bluff: 8.5 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 15.0 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 15.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 18.2 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 18.5 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Niles beach: 12.1 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 14.6 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 16.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Selwyn Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakESE 113°1,327 m15.2 mi
Observatory PeakESE 115°1,298 m14.7 mi
Hipparchus PeakESE 113°1,295 m15.3 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakESE 115°1,286 m14.8 mi
Mount HamiltonESE 115°1,279 m14.6 mi
Huyghens PeakESE 115°1,276 m14.8 mi
Mount IsabelESE 117°1,275 m16.2 mi
Galileo PeakESE 112°1,273 m14.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5420:32
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, 6 mi away.

  • Black-crowned Night Heron177 obs
  • Bald Eagle149 obs
  • Mallard123 obs
  • Turkey Vulture98 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird81 obs
  • American Crow68 obs
  • Western Bluebird63 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk58 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/197883831

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