- Elevation, modelled
- 249 m
- Tallest summit within 16.5 miles
- Loma Prieta1,136 m · 13.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 129.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 37.0000, -122.0546
Crown Fountain is a artwork in California, at a modelled 249 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,136 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Quarry, a cliff 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 30 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Crown Fountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | ENE 56° | 1,136 m | 13.9 mi |
| Crystal Peak | ENE 57° | 1,097 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NE 38° | 1,063 m | 14.0 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NNE 33° | 1,061 m | 13.6 mi |
| Mount Chual | NE 56° | 1,046 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | N 352° | 985 m | 15.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 352° | 979 m | 16.0 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNE 33° | 917 m | 14.7 mi |
- 29.7 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Sacrificial Goat: 0.2 mi
- Redwood Boat: 0.3 mi
- Kresge Totem Pole: 0.7 mi
- Sesnon Art Gallery: 0.7 mi
- Untitled: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
- Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 0.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Mission (site): 2.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park: 2.1 mi
- Clock Tower: 2.2 mi
- Compass Rose Plaza: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
- East Slope Natural Reserve: 0.3 mi
- Seep Zone Natural Reserve: 0.5 mi
- Upper Moore Creek Natural Reserve: 0.6 mi
- Cave Gulch/Wilder Natural Reserve: 0.8 mi
- San Lorenzo River Open Space: 1.0 mi
Picnic sites
- Haunted Meadow: 0.5 mi
- Upper Glen Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
- Friendship Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Bench: 1.4 mi
- Millennium Circle: 1.5 mi
Parks
- Paradise Park Picnic Grounds: 0.8 mi
- Kalkar Park: 1.3 mi
- Harvey West Park: 1.5 mi
- Moore Creek Open Space: 1.6 mi
- Westlake Park: 1.7 mi
Attractions
- "The Lost Boys" Grandpa's House: 0.9 mi
- Train Engine: 1.4 mi
- Williams-Reynolds House: 2.1 mi
- NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 3.0 mi
- Roaring Camp: 3.1 mi
Peaks
- Horseback Hill: 1.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bolcoff Hill: 2.4 mi
- Bear Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mount Alexander: 2.9 mi
Museums: 52
Gardens: 47
- Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 0.2 mi
- Stevenson Garden: 0.4 mi
- Kresge Garden: 0.7 mi
- Rachel Carson Garden: 0.9 mi
- Oakes Garden: 0.9 mi
Beaches: 38
- Cable Car Beach: 2.1 mi
- 2222 Beach: 3.5 mi
- Swift Beach: 3.5 mi
- Younger Beach: 3.6 mi
- Fern Grotto Beach: 3.6 mi
Waterfalls: 25
- Moose Lodge Falls: 2.5 mi
- Ferndell: 3.6 mi
- Maple Falls: 9.5 mi
- Fairy Falls: 10.0 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 11.2 mi
Springs: 15
- Horse Trough Spring: 0.3 mi
- Dodero Spring: 1.3 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 1.9 mi
- Redwood Springs: 3.5 mi
- Old Growth Spring: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Upper Quarry: 0.2 mi
- Upper Quarry: 0.2 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 2.1 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Sand Hill Bluff: 5.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 3.5 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 2 mi
- Capitola · 6 mi
- Aptos · 8 mi
- Watsonville · 17 mi
- Moss Landing · 20 mi
- Marina · 26 mi
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