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Tulare Hill

Tulare Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Tulare Hill rises to 174 m in California. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Tulare Hill Conservation Area, a nature reserve 0.2 miles away.

The story

Tulare Hill is a prominent hill in the Santa Teresa Hills of western Santa Clara County, California. It lies along the southernmost edge of San Jose, California, adjacent to the Metcalf Energy Center. The hill and surrounding 330 acres (130 ha) of serpentine grasslands are home to the endangered Bay checkerspot butterfly and Dudleya setchellii wildflower. A portion of the hill makes up the Tulare Hill Ecological Preserve.

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Wikidata Q14684183, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
174 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.22105, -121.75495

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Bailey Fellows House: 3.2 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 4.0 mi
  • Gina "Frogquist" Grove: 5.2 mi
  • The Pfeiffer Stone House: 5.3 mi
  • Chimney: 5.3 mi
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Springs: 42
Beaches: 28
Waterfalls: 19
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 9
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 22.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 23.9 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Tulare Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNE 38°1,327 m11.1 mi
Observatory PeakNE 37°1,298 m10.4 mi
Hipparchus PeakNE 39°1,295 m11.1 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNE 37°1,286 m10.6 mi
Mount HamiltonNE 36°1,279 m10.4 mi
Huyghens PeakNE 37°1,276 m10.5 mi
Mount IsabelNE 45°1,275 m10.4 mi
Galileo PeakNE 36°1,273 m11.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5320:31
September equinox06:5618:3119:05
December solstice07:1816:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F444345485564727267594943
Precip in5.04.84.42.21.30.30.00.10.21.33.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 11 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/547992930

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