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Stevens Creek Park

Stevens Creek Park from directly overhead

Stevens Creek Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 205 m. Mount Thayer stands 1,061 m to the southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Graffiti Rock, a cliff 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
205 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.27800, -122.07218
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Cooley: 0.2 mi
  • Baytree Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Villa Maria Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Villa Maria Group Picnic Site: 1.8 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
Peaks
  • Maisie's Peak: 0.6 mi
  • Nob Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Hunters Point: 1.3 mi
  • Table Mountain: 1.5 mi
  • Summit Rock: 3.0 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens
  • Hakone Gardens: 2.4 mi
  • McClellan Ranch Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Nature Center: 2.6 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 3.2 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Justice, Equity, Peace: 3.2 mi
  • What Does Justice Look Like?: 3.2 mi
  • Omubaka Ambassador: 3.3 mi
  • The Turtle: 3.3 mi
  • The World As It Is and the World We Want To See: 3.3 mi
Attractions
Beaches
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 19
  • Congress Springs: 2.4 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 4.6 mi
  • Spring source: 5.5 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 10.7 mi
Cliffs: 13
Ghost towns: 13
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 22.3 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 22.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Stevens Creek Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ThayerSE 133°1,061 m11.5 mi
Mount BielawskiSSW 197°985 m4.0 mi
Castle RockSSW 201°979 m3.7 mi
The PeakS 179°917 m4.1 mi
El SombrosoSE 128°917 m11.2 mi
Lookout TowerSW 223°892 m3.0 mi
Goat RockSSW 210°890 m4.0 mi
Sunnyvale MountainS 177°880 m4.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484850525764697068615247
Precip in7.88.06.33.41.30.40.00.10.21.74.68.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skyline Ridge Preserve, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Newt412 obs
  • Pacific hound's tongue377 obs
  • Pacific poison oak327 obs
  • Warrior's Plume298 obs
  • California Pitcher Sage285 obs
  • White Globe Lily281 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower277 obs
  • Variable Checkerspot267 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 node/358776570

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