Varian Park
Varian Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 100 m. Mount Thayer stands 1,061 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Stocklmeir Farm, a park 0.3 miles away.
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Stocklmeir Farm: 0.3 mi
- Somerset Square Park: 0.4 mi
- Blackberry Farm Park: 0.6 mi
- Monta Vista Park: 0.7 mi
- McClellan Ranch Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Anza Knoll: 0.6 mi
- Hunters Point: 2.3 mi
- Maisie's Peak: 2.9 mi
- Nob Hill: 3.2 mi
- Black Mountain: 4.7 mi
- Arroyo de San Joseph Cupertino: 0.8 mi
- Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge: 0.8 mi
- Veterans: 0.9 mi
- St. Joseph's College: 1.5 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.7 mi
- McClellan Ranch Community Garden: 0.9 mi
- Nature Center: 1.2 mi
- Drought Demonstration Garden: 1.4 mi
- School Garden: 3.2 mi
- Cuesta Pollinator Habitat: 3.4 mi
- Environmental Education Center: 0.9 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 0.9 mi
- California History Center: 0.9 mi
- Euphrat Museum of Art: 1.1 mi
- Ohlone Village: 2.0 mi
- Trinom: 0.9 mi
- The Guardians: 1.0 mi
- Two As One: 1.0 mi
- Beautiful Chaos: 1.0 mi
- Stellar Motion: 1.0 mi
- Fujitsu Planetarium: 1.1 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 4.0 mi
- Plaza del Sol: 4.0 mi
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 5.8 mi
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 6.4 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Villa Maria Group Picnic Site: 1.6 mi
- Villa Maria Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Baytree Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- Stevens Creek County Park: 2.3 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 3.2 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 3.4 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 3.4 mi
- Niles beach: 17.7 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 18.7 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 18.7 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 18.7 mi
- Martins Beach: 19.3 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 6.0 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 7.3 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 10.2 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 12.9 mi
- Spring source: 5.5 mi
- Congress Springs: 5.6 mi
- Travertine Springs: 7.4 mi
- Bulls Spring: 11.4 mi
- Cherry Springs: 12.6 mi
- Lexington: 9.9 mi
- Drawbridge: 10.7 mi
- Alma: 11.1 mi
- Holy City: 12.6 mi
- Patchen: 13.2 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 3.5 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 7.0 mi
- Underworld Rock: 7.2 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 19.7 mi
- The Bluff: 20.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Varian Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Thayer | SE 145° | 1,061 m | 13.7 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SSW 193° | 985 m | 7.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSW 195° | 979 m | 7.0 mi |
| The Peak | S 184° | 917 m | 7.4 mi |
| El Sombroso | SE 141° | 917 m | 13.2 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSW 205° | 892 m | 6.1 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSW 200° | 890 m | 7.2 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | S 182° | 880 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 6 mi away.
- Mule Deer673 obs
- Western Fence Lizard576 obs
- Wild Turkey476 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco383 obs
- California buckeye307 obs
- California Ground Squirrel301 obs
- Chestnut-backed Chickadee242 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker217 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/25656763
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 24 mi
- Aptos · 25 mi
- Capitola · 25 mi
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