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Washington Park

Washington Park from directly overhead

Washington Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 26 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is City Plaza Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Clara County Parks & Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.34218, -121.94242
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
Artworks
  • Bronco Statue: 0.4 mi
  • Aurelian Season: 1.8 mi
  • eCloud: 1.9 mi
  • Space Observer: 1.9 mi
  • XO: 1.9 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 1.8 mi
  • Backesto One Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 3.8 mi
  • Danny's Place: 4.4 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 4.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 5.7 mi
  • Lone Hill: 7.0 mi
  • Hunters Point: 7.2 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 7.2 mi
  • Nob Hill: 7.8 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 25
Ghost towns: 13
Cliffs: 7
  • Graffiti Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 11.4 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 11.7 mi
  • The Bluff: 15.1 mi
  • Del Valle Cliffs: 22.4 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Niles beach: 16.7 mi
  • Del Valle West Beach: 21.2 mi
  • Del Valle East Beach: 21.4 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 22.4 mi
  • Shadow Cliffs Beach: 23.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Washington Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumS 169°1,063 m12.8 mi
Mount ThayerS 174°1,061 m12.4 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 225°985 m11.7 mi
Castle RockSW 227°979 m11.5 mi
The PeakSW 220°917 m11.1 mi
El SombrosoS 171°917 m11.4 mi
Antler PointENE 79°913 m13.3 mi
Lookout TowerSW 234°892 m11.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel1,021 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird380 obs
  • Monarch330 obs
  • House Finch328 obs
  • American Crow299 obs
  • Black Phoebe289 obs
  • Western Honey Bee289 obs
  • Mourning Dove282 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/38900409

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