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Shannon Park

Shannon Park from directly overhead

Shannon Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 125 m. Mount Diablo stands 1,173 m to the north, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Dolan Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
125 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.71423, -121.94111
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dolan Park: 0.3 mi
  • Mape Memorial Park: 0.5 mi
  • Centennial Park: 0.9 mi
  • Heritage Park: 1.0 mi
  • Country Club School Park: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • The Junction: 0.9 mi
  • Conversation: 1.6 mi
  • Don Biddle Memorial: 2.1 mi
  • Turtle Statue: 2.4 mi
  • Tassajara Road Gear Sculpture: 3.9 mi
Museums
  • Kolb House: 1.0 mi
  • Murray Schoolhouse: 1.0 mi
  • Little Classroom: 1.0 mi
  • Museum on Main: 5.1 mi
  • Blackhawk Natural History Museum: 6.2 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Group picnic zone: 1.6 mi
  • Covered picnic zone: 1.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Picnic Area 1: 6.5 mi
Peaks
  • Peterson: 1.4 mi
  • Donlan Point: 1.7 mi
  • Harlan Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Dougherty Hills: 3.1 mi
  • Wiedemann Hill: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Attractions
Springs: 17
  • Eugene Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 9.2 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 9.8 mi
  • Maple Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Marsh Creek Headwaters Spring: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 6.2 mi
  • Niles beach: 10.0 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 15.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 16.0 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 16.5 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 6
  • The Devil's Shelf: 8.3 mi
  • Chab: 10.3 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 10.5 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 12.5 mi
  • Mitchell Rock: 13.9 mi
Waterfalls: 3
Lighthouses: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount DiabloN 7°1,173 m11.7 mi
Devil's PulpitN 8°1,110 m11.7 mi
North PeakN 10°1,084 m12.6 mi
Ransom PointN 7°1,037 m11.9 mi
Mount OlympiaN 9°898 m13.1 mi
Monument Peak NorthSSE 165°800 m16.1 mi
Mount AllisonSSE 166°793 m15.4 mi
Monument PeakSSE 165°776 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4719:5420:34
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:2016:1216:53

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485054576268727270645448
Precip in2.82.92.21.10.60.10.00.10.10.71.72.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Livermore Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Mallard190 obs
  • Great Egret128 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk79 obs
  • Hooded Merganser79 obs
  • Canada Goose73 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard58 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay56 obs
  • Wild Turkey52 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/43985599

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