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Taper Park

Taper Park from directly overhead

Taper Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 59 m. Rose Peak stands 1,163 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is El Rancho Verde Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
59 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.61966, -122.02968
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
  • Meyers Dry Creek Garden: 1.0 mi
  • iFLY Indoor Skydiving: 2.4 mi
  • Niles: 4.0 mi
  • Fishing Pier (boating, swimming, dogs not allowed): 4.0 mi
  • The Patterson House: 4.4 mi
Gardens
  • Iris Garden: 1.1 mi
  • John Haley Community Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Environmentally Sustainable Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Rose Garden: 3.5 mi
  • LEAF Community Garden: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Garin Peak: 1.5 mi
  • Vista Peak: 1.6 mi
  • Gossip Rock: 1.7 mi
  • Tolman Peak: 2.2 mi
  • Turk Island: 5.2 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Flight 93 Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 3.5 mi
  • Armed Forces memorial plaque: 4.1 mi
  • Japanese Teahouse: 4.2 mi
  • Vallejo Mill Ruins: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites
Artworks
Springs: 20
  • Eugene Spring: 8.2 mi
  • McClure Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Sulfur Spring: 16.8 mi
  • Sheepherder Spring: 17.3 mi
  • Mineral Spring: 18.0 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Niles beach: 3.1 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 10.8 mi
  • Sandy Beach: 13.3 mi
  • Coyote Point Beach: 16.3 mi
  • Aardvark Beach: 16.8 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 7
  • Chab: 9.4 mi
  • The Devil's Shelf: 12.2 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 15.7 mi
  • The Bluff: 16.7 mi
  • Turtle Rock: 17.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Lighthouses: 2
Rest areas: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Taper Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rose PeakESE 114°1,163 m18.3 mi
Monument Peak NorthSE 135°800 m12.7 mi
Mount AllisonSE 134°793 m12.0 mi
Monument PeakSE 136°776 m12.9 mi
Monument Peak NorthwestSE 136°775 m12.6 mi
Mission PeakSE 132°761 m11.0 mi
Rocky RidgeESE 103°739.5 m18.4 mi
Dragon MountainSE 137°671 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5520:34
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:2016:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356586265676867635551
Precip in3.03.22.51.20.50.20.00.00.10.71.63.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fremont, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard87 obs
  • California Newt81 obs
  • California buckeye73 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk72 obs
  • California Ground Squirrel70 obs
  • California poppy69 obs
  • Turkey Vulture64 obs
  • milk thistle64 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/358819585

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