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Wilson Park

Wilson Park from directly overhead

Wilson Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 65 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Biltmore Family, a artwork 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
65 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.31945, -122.02127
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Parks
  • Creekside Park: 0.4 mi
  • Library Field: 0.4 mi
  • Portal Park: 0.5 mi
  • Amphitheater: 0.5 mi
  • Cali Mill Park: 0.6 mi
Historic sites
Gardens
  • School Garden: 1.1 mi
  • Nature Center: 1.8 mi
  • Life Lab: 2.0 mi
  • McClellan Ranch Community Garden: 2.3 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 2.9 mi
Museums
Attractions
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Hunters Point: 2.7 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 2.9 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 3.5 mi
  • Nob Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Table Mountain: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 2.9 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
  • Villa Maria Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
  • Villa Maria Group Picnic Site: 3.0 mi
  • Braly Picnic #3: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 40
  • Niles beach: 17.9 mi
  • Cable Car Beach: 20.1 mi
  • Waddell Beach (State Parks): 21.0 mi
  • San Gregorio Private Beach: 21.0 mi
  • San Gregorio Beach: 21.0 mi
Waterfalls: 26
Springs: 20
  • Congress Springs: 5.4 mi
  • Spring source: 7.7 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 8.6 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 10.8 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 12.7 mi
Ghost towns: 14
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 7.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 7.7 mi
  • The Bluff: 19.2 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 20.9 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Rest areas: 1
Lighthouses: 1
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 24.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Wilson Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 148°1,063 m12.9 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 152°1,061 m12.1 mi
Mount BielawskiSSW 211°985 m7.7 mi
Castle RockSSW 213°979 m7.5 mi
The PeakSSW 202°917 m7.5 mi
El SombrosoSSE 148°917 m11.5 mi
Lookout TowerSW 224°892 m7.0 mi
Goat RockSW 217°890 m7.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

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

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard198 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco124 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel115 obs
  • Western Honey Bee114 obs
  • Mallard113 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird104 obs
  • Monarch98 obs
  • American Crow85 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/38745769

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