- Elevation, modelled
- 5 m
- Tallest summit within 19.0 miles
- Loma Prieta1,136 m · 12.8 mi
- Nearest byway
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 125.5 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:31local time
- Coordinates
- 36.9556, -121.9718
Totem Pole is a artwork in California, at a modelled 5 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,136 m to the north-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Pleasure Point Park, a park less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Totem Pole. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NNE 33° | 1,136 m | 12.8 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NE 35° | 1,097 m | 13.2 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NNE 16° | 1,063 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NNE 11° | 1,061 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Chual | NE 34° | 1,046 m | 13.6 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNE 12° | 917 m | 15.8 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | NNW 344° | 880 m | 18.7 mi |
| Ralph's Mountain | N 8° | 828 m | 13.8 mi |
- 25.5 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 26 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Pleasure Point Park: 0.0 mi
- Pleasure Point Beach County Park: 0.3 mi
- Moran Lake County Park: 0.3 mi
- Santa Cruz holding 8: 0.4 mi
- The Hook Beach Access: 0.5 mi
Historic sites
- Night Fighter: 0.0 mi
- Branciforte: 2.9 mi
- Surfer Memorial Statue: 2.9 mi
- Bear Enclosure: 3.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
- El Dorado Riparian Corridor: 1.4 mi
- Whitewater Cove Riparian Corridor: 1.5 mi
- Arana Gulch: 2.1 mi
- Escalona Gulch: 2.1 mi
- Soquel Lions Park: 2.2 mi
Attractions
- Capitola Wharf: 1.4 mi
- Capitola Wharf: 1.5 mi
- Giant Dipper: 2.5 mi
- Looff Carousel: 2.6 mi
- Undertow: 2.6 mi
Artworks
- Otter Touching Its Tail: 1.6 mi
- Great Blue Heron Walkway: 1.8 mi
- Life-size Gray Whale Sculpture: 2.2 mi
- Old Tree: 2.4 mi
- Stone Spire: 2.5 mi
Picnic sites
- Special Events Ramada: 2.6 mi
- Twisted Tree: 3.4 mi
- Cathedral: 3.4 mi
- Lone Tree: 3.4 mi
- Maple Grove: 3.5 mi
Peaks
- Bolcoff Hill: 3.1 mi
- La Corona: 3.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 3.9 mi
- Horseback Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mount Massiah: 4.7 mi
Gardens: 45
- Beach Flats Community Garden: 2.6 mi
- Santa Cruz Community Orchard: 2.8 mi
- afe native plant garden: 2.9 mi
- AFE Salamander Garden: 2.9 mi
- BSSC Garden: 2.9 mi
Beaches: 41
- Private's Beach: 0.9 mi
- Santa Maria's Beach: 0.9 mi
- Private's Nude Beach: 1.0 mi
- Sunny Cove Beach: 1.0 mi
- Black's Beach/Lincoln Beach: 1.3 mi
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 22
- Moose Lodge Falls: 5.6 mi
- Fairy Falls: 7.5 mi
- Maple Falls: 7.7 mi
- Ferndell: 8.3 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 8.9 mi
Springs: 15
- Dodero Spring: 4.6 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 4.7 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 5.2 mi
- Olive Springs: 7.7 mi
- Redwood Springs: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Capitola Bluffs: 1.9 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 3.5 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Upper Quarry: 5.6 mi
- Upper Quarry: 5.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 4.8 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Day trips start here
- Capitola · 2 mi
- Santa Cruz · 3 mi
- Aptos · 4 mi
- Watsonville · 12 mi
- Moss Landing · 15 mi
- Marina · 21 mi
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