- Elevation, modelled
- 35 m
- Tallest summit within 17.4 miles
- Loma Prieta1,136 m · 10.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 128.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 36.9944, -121.9582
Skyball is a artwork in California, at a modelled 35 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,136 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Skyball. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NE 38° | 1,136 m | 10.2 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NE 39° | 1,097 m | 10.6 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NNE 16° | 1,063 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Thayer | N 10° | 1,061 m | 11.9 mi |
| Mount Chual | NE 39° | 1,046 m | 11.0 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNE 12° | 917 m | 13.0 mi |
| The Peak | NNW 338° | 917 m | 16.7 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | NNW 338° | 880 m | 16.5 mi |
- 28.0 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Anna Jean Cummings Park: 0.2 mi
- Heart of Soquel Park: 0.5 mi
- Soquel Lions Park: 0.6 mi
- Rodeo Creek Gulch: 0.7 mi
- Greenspace: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
- Soquel Lions Park: 0.7 mi
- Highfield Greenbelt: 0.9 mi
- Escalona Gulch: 1.5 mi
- Newt Habitat: 1.5 mi
- Arana Gulch: 2.4 mi
Attractions
- Ropes Course: 1.5 mi
- Capitola Wharf: 1.6 mi
- Capitola Wharf: 1.7 mi
- S. S. Palo Alto: 3.0 mi
- Giant Dipper: 3.8 mi
Picnic sites
- Special Events Ramada: 1.7 mi
- Maple Grove: 2.4 mi
- Twisted Tree: 2.5 mi
- Cathedral: 2.5 mi
- Forty Thieves: 2.5 mi
Peaks
- Mount Massiah: 2.1 mi
- La Corona: 2.3 mi
- Bolcoff Hill: 3.3 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.6 mi
- Horseback Hill: 4.6 mi
Historic sites
- Harvey West Historic Structure: 2.4 mi
- Bear Enclosure: 2.4 mi
- Night Fighter: 2.8 mi
- Branciforte: 3.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 3.7 mi
Gardens: 53
- Ksitigarbha Garden: 1.8 mi
- Tiger Lily Garden: 2.6 mi
- afe native plant garden: 3.1 mi
- AFE Salamander Garden: 3.1 mi
- BSSC Garden: 3.1 mi
Museums: 52
- Capitola Historical Museum: 1.4 mi
- Cabrillo College Gallery: 1.8 mi
- Aptos History Museum: 2.9 mi
- Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History: 3.5 mi
- Museum of Art & History: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 37
- Capitola Beach: 1.6 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 1.6 mi
- Hooper Beach: 1.7 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 1.8 mi
- Private's Nude Beach: 2.0 mi
Waterfalls: 23
- Moose Lodge Falls: 4.2 mi
- Fairy Falls: 5.2 mi
- Maple Falls: 5.2 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 6.6 mi
- Ferndell: 6.9 mi
Springs: 16
- Crystal Springs (private): 3.7 mi
- Olive Springs: 4.9 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 5.0 mi
- Dodero Spring: 5.1 mi
- Badger Spring: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Capitola Bluffs: 1.6 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 4.1 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 4.3 mi
- Upper Quarry: 5.5 mi
- Upper Quarry: 5.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 6.3 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Day trips start here
- Capitola · 1 mi
- Aptos · 3 mi
- Santa Cruz · 4 mi
- Watsonville · 12 mi
- Moss Landing · 16 mi
- Marina · 23 mi
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