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Redwood Boat

Redwood Boat from directly overhead

Redwood Boat is an artwork in California, at a modelled elevation of 225 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Sacrificial Goat, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 29 miles off.

An old redwood boat, not sure how it would work in actuality but the signs around it claim that it is or was a boat.

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How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.99692, -122.05188

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Sacrificial Goat: 0.1 mi
  • Crown Fountain: 0.3 mi
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 0.7 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 0.8 mi
  • Untitled: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Nature reserves
  • Pogonip Open Space Preserve: 0.5 mi
  • East Slope Natural Reserve: 0.5 mi
  • Seep Zone Natural Reserve: 0.7 mi
  • Upper Moore Creek Natural Reserve: 0.7 mi
  • Sycamore Grove: 0.9 mi
Picnic sites
  • Haunted Meadow: 0.6 mi
  • Upper Glen Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
  • Friendship Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 1.2 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
Attractions
  • "The Lost Boys" Grandpa's House: 0.8 mi
  • Train Engine: 1.2 mi
  • Williams-Reynolds House: 1.8 mi
  • NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 2.8 mi
  • Undertow: 2.9 mi
Parks
Peaks
  • Horseback Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.6 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 3.0 mi
  • La Corona: 3.1 mi
Beaches: 52
  • Cable Car Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Cowell Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Santa Cruz Main Beach: 3.0 mi
  • Mitchell's Cove Beach: 3.1 mi
  • Natural Bridges State Beach: 3.2 mi
Museums: 50
Gardens: 45
  • Stevenson Garden: 0.1 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 0.1 mi
  • Program in Community Agroecology (PICA): 0.8 mi
  • Kresge Garden: 0.8 mi
  • Oakes Garden: 0.8 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 2.6 mi
  • Ferndell: 3.8 mi
  • Maple Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 11.1 mi
Springs: 16
  • Horse Trough Spring: 0.3 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 1.8 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 3.8 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 5.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 0.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 0.3 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 1.8 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 1.9 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 3.4 mi
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 3.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 3.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Redwood Boat. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 55°1,154 m13.9 mi
Crystal PeakNE 56°1,097 m14.4 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 37°1,063 m14.1 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 32°1,061 m13.7 mi
Mount ChualNE 55°1,046 m14.7 mi
Mount BielawskiN 352°985 m15.8 mi
Castle RockN 351°979 m16.2 mi
El SombrosoNNE 32°917 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:56

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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/596715717

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