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Mother's Love (Dinosaurs)

Mother's Love (Dinosaurs) from directly overhead

Mother's Love (Dinosaurs) is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 594 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Burrell, a ghost town 1.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Material
metal
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.10645, -121.93446
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Parks
  • Joe's Top of the Hill Memorial Park: 3.0 mi
  • Enchanted Valley Community Center: 3.3 mi
  • Friendship Park: 4.4 mi
  • West Glenwood Preserve: 4.5 mi
  • Siltanen Community Park: 4.6 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 5.8 mi
  • Ksitigarbha Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 8.3 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 9.0 mi
  • Bamboo Giant Nursery: 9.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Porter Family Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
  • Mary Easton Picnic Area: 6.9 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 7.0 mi
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 7.1 mi
Artworks
  • Skyball: 7.8 mi
  • Skyball: 7.9 mi
  • Skyball: 7.9 mi
  • Skyball: 7.9 mi
  • The Cats: 8.1 mi
Beaches: 49
Waterfalls: 25
  • Maple Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 5.6 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Basin Falls: 7.5 mi
Springs: 24
  • Badger Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 2.8 mi
  • Olive Springs: 3.4 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Capitola Bluffs: 9.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 10.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 10.1 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 10.3 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 10.6 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 10.7 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 11.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 12.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Mother's Love (Dinosaurs). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaE 86°1,154 m5.0 mi
Crystal PeakE 85°1,097 m5.5 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 28°1,063 m4.2 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 12°1,061 m4.1 mi
Mount ChualE 81°1,046 m5.6 mi
Mount BielawskiNW 313°985 m11.9 mi
Castle RockNW 314°979 m12.3 mi
El SombrosoNNE 15°917 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/1872081488

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