Park · California
Watson Park
Watson Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 24 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the east, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hacienda Park, a park 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1961
What to expect
- Operated by
- San José Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
How to reach it
Coordinates37.35710, -121.87602
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Hacienda Park: 0.4 mi
- Backesto Park: 0.6 mi
- Roosevelt Park: 0.8 mi
- Newbury Park: 0.8 mi
- Luna Park: 0.8 mi
Artworks
- Black Lives Matter: 0.4 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 0.4 mi
- Black Lives Matter: 0.5 mi
- Where the Tree is Born: 0.8 mi
- Sheltering Wing: 1.1 mi
Picnic sites
- Backesto One Picnic Area: 0.6 mi
- Chimes and Bells: 2.3 mi
- Danny's Place: 2.3 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Perch: 2.3 mi
Historic sites
- Backesto Fountain: 0.6 mi
- 都板街: 1.1 mi
- 企利街: 1.1 mi
- 企季崙街: 1.1 mi
- 五聖宮;“Ng Shing Gung”;Temple of the Five Gods: 1.1 mi
Museums
- Japanese American Museum of San Jose: 1.2 mi
- Carmel and Thomas Fallon House: 1.7 mi
- Luis María Peralta Adobe: 1.8 mi
- The Tech Interactive: 1.9 mi
- Little Italy Museum and Cultural Center: 1.9 mi
Gardens
- Chinese Cultural Garden: 1.3 mi
- Blue Garden: 1.4 mi
- Gray Garden: 1.5 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 1.5 mi
- Ponderosa Woods: 1.6 mi
Attractions
- Monopoly in the Park: 2.2 mi
- Crooked House: 2.2 mi
- Pacific Fruit Express: 2.2 mi
- Dragon Flyers: 2.3 mi
- Miner's Maze: 2.3 mi
Peaks
- Eagle Rock: 4.3 mi
- Communications Hill: 4.8 mi
- Boccardo Peak: 5.1 mi
- Alum Rock: 5.2 mi
- Dragon Mountain: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves
- Ulistac Natural Area: 5.5 mi
- Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve: 6.0 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 7.2 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 7.3 mi
- New Chicago Marsh: 7.5 mi
Springs: 23
- Santa Teresa Springs: 10.1 mi
- McClure Spring: 10.4 mi
- Cherry Springs: 11.8 mi
- Congress Springs: 12.5 mi
- South Spring: 13.5 mi
Waterfalls: 19
- Murietta Falls: 15.0 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 15.5 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 16.1 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 16.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 19.3 mi
Ghost towns: 13
- Drawbridge: 9.2 mi
- Lexington: 12.7 mi
- Alma: 13.5 mi
- Holy City: 14.9 mi
- Patchen: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 5
- The Bluff: 12.0 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 12.2 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 14.9 mi
- Underworld Rock: 15.2 mi
- Del Valle Cliffs: 19.9 mi
Beaches: 5
- Niles beach: 16.9 mi
- Del Valle West Beach: 18.2 mi
- Del Valle East Beach: 18.4 mi
- Shadow Cliffs Beach: 21.7 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 24.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 23.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 23.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Watson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | E 93° | 1,327 m | 13.5 mi |
| Observatory Peak | E 95° | 1,298 m | 12.9 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | E 93° | 1,295 m | 13.7 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | E 94° | 1,286 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | E 95° | 1,279 m | 12.8 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | E 95° | 1,276 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mount Isabel | E 99° | 1,275 m | 14.2 mi |
| Galileo Peak | E 92° | 1,273 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
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 | 54 | 57 | 60 | 64 | 69 | 71 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 3 mi away.
- Eastern Fox Squirrel454 obs
- California Ground Squirrel361 obs
- Black Phoebe252 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco224 obs
- Western Honey Bee203 obs
- American Crow199 obs
- Canada Goose173 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird150 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/26252629
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