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Old Tree

Old Tree from directly overhead

Old Tree is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Heart of Soquel Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Material
ceramic
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.98764, -121.95637

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Skyball: 0.5 mi
  • Skyball: 0.5 mi
  • Skyball: 0.5 mi
  • Skyball: 0.5 mi
  • Windfalls: 1.3 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Special Events Ramada: 1.4 mi
  • Maple Grove: 2.6 mi
  • Twisted Tree: 2.7 mi
  • Cathedral: 2.7 mi
  • Lone Tree: 2.7 mi
Historic sites
  • Night Fighter: 2.4 mi
  • Bear Enclosure: 2.6 mi
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 2.7 mi
  • Branciforte: 3.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 3.7 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Massiah: 2.6 mi
  • La Corona: 2.6 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 4.6 mi
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 51
Museums: 48
Waterfalls: 23
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Maple Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Ferndell: 7.3 mi
Springs: 15
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.0 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Olive Springs: 5.3 mi
  • Badger Spring: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Capitola Bluffs: 1.1 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 4.1 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 6.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Old Tree. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 36°1,154 m10.5 mi
Crystal PeakNE 37°1,097 m10.9 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 15°1,063 m12.4 mi
Mount ThayerN 10°1,061 m12.3 mi
Mount ChualNE 37°1,046 m11.3 mi
El SombrosoN 11°917 m13.4 mi
The PeakNNW 338°917 m17.2 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW 339°880 m16.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:31
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/8226521702

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