Long Branch
Long Branch is a stream in Santa Clara County, California. Long Branch is situated nearby to the locality Mount Hamilton.Places of Interest
Highlights include Mount Hamilton and Lick Observatory Main Building.
Mount Hamilton
Peak
Photo: Elf, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mount Hamilton is a mountain in the Diablo Range in Santa Clara County, California. The mountain's peak, at 4,265 feet, overlooks the heavily urbanized Santa Clara Valley and is the site of Lick Observatory, the world's first permanently occupied mountain-top observatory. Mount Hamilton is situated 2½ miles southeast of Long Branch.
Lick Observatory Main Building
University building
Photo: Semiautonomous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Lick Observatory Main Building is an university building, which is situated 2½ miles southeast of Long Branch.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Lick Observatory.
Lick Observatory
Photo: Seano1, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Lick Observatory is an astronomical observatory owned and operated by the University of California. It is on the summit of Mount Hamilton, in the Diablo Range just east of San Jose, California, United States.
Long Branch
- Type: Stream
- Category: body of water
- Location: Santa Clara County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.36966° or 37° 22′ 11″ northLongitude
-121.6705° or 121° 40′ 14″ westElevation
1,739 feet (530 metres)Open location code
849W989H+VQGeoNames ID
5367952
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