- Elevation, modelled
- 21 m
- Tallest summit within 18.4 miles
- Loma Prieta1,136 m · 13.0 mi
- Nearest byway
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 126.7 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 36.9680, -121.9969
Otter Touching Its Tail is a artwork in California, at a modelled 21 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,136 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Lakes Neighborhood Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Otter Touching Its Tail. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NE 40° | 1,136 m | 13.0 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NE 41° | 1,097 m | 13.4 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NNE 22° | 1,063 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NNE 18° | 1,061 m | 14.2 mi |
| Mount Chual | NE 41° | 1,046 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | NNW 343° | 985 m | 18.4 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNE 18° | 917 m | 15.3 mi |
| The Peak | NNW 347° | 917 m | 17.8 mi |
- 26.7 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Twin Lakes Neighborhood Park: 0.0 mi
- Frederick Street Park: 0.4 mi
- Twin Lakes - USA: 0.4 mi
- Simpkins Family Swim Center: 0.5 mi
- Sunny Cove Beach County Park: 0.6 mi
- El Dorado Riparian Corridor: 0.2 mi
- Whitewater Cove Riparian Corridor: 0.3 mi
- Arana Gulch: 0.7 mi
- Spineflower Habitat Protection Zone: 1.8 mi
- Highfield Greenbelt: 2.6 mi
- Great Blue Heron Walkway: 0.6 mi
- Life-size Gray Whale Sculpture: 0.7 mi
- Stone Spire: 0.9 mi
- Santa Cruz Art League Galleries: 1.2 mi
- Tori Gate (Opening to the Sea): 1.5 mi
- Giant Dipper: 1.0 mi
- Looff Carousel: 1.2 mi
- Undertow: 1.2 mi
- Stagnaro Fishing Charters & Whale Watching Cruises: 1.4 mi
- NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 1.6 mi
- Branciforte: 1.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 1.6 mi
- Night Fighter: 1.6 mi
- Bear Enclosure: 1.7 mi
- Soldiers & Sailors Statue: 1.7 mi
- Bolcoff Hill: 1.4 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.3 mi
- Horseback Hill: 2.6 mi
- La Corona: 2.7 mi
- Mount Massiah: 4.1 mi
- Lone Tree: 2.2 mi
- Cathedral: 2.2 mi
- Twisted Tree: 2.2 mi
- Maple Grove: 2.2 mi
- George Washington Memorial Grove: 2.3 mi
- Beach Flats Community Garden: 1.1 mi
- afe native plant garden: 1.2 mi
- AFE Salamander Garden: 1.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Community Orchard: 1.3 mi
- BSSC Garden: 1.3 mi
- Twin Lakes Beach: 0.4 mi
- Harbor Beach: 0.4 mi
- Black's Beach/Lincoln Beach: 0.5 mi
- Sunny Cove Beach: 0.6 mi
- Santa Maria's Beach: 0.8 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 4.3 mi
- Ferndell: 6.8 mi
- Fairy Falls: 7.9 mi
- Maple Falls: 8.0 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 9.4 mi
- Dodero Spring: 3.0 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 3.2 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 3.6 mi
- Redwood Springs: 6.5 mi
- Old Growth Spring: 7.6 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 1.9 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 2.8 mi
- Upper Quarry: 3.9 mi
- Upper Quarry: 4.0 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 3.6 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 1 mi away.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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- Santa Cruz · 2 mi
- Aptos · 5 mi
- Watsonville · 13 mi
- Moss Landing · 16 mi
- Marina · 22 mi
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