- Elevation, modelled
- 6 m
- Tallest summit within 18.7 miles
- Loma Prieta1,136 m · 13.9 mi
- Nearest byway
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 126.8 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 36.9644, -122.0174
Looff Carousel is a attraction in California, at a modelled 6 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,136 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Undertow, a attraction less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.
historic carousel in Santa Cruz, California, USA
Dates from 1911.
Wikidata Q64780521, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Looff Carousel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NE 43° | 1,136 m | 13.9 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NE 44° | 1,097 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NNE 26° | 1,063 m | 15.0 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NNE 21° | 1,061 m | 14.8 mi |
| Mount Chual | NE 43° | 1,046 m | 14.7 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | NNW 347° | 985 m | 18.4 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNE 22° | 917 m | 15.9 mi |
| The Peak | N 350° | 917 m | 17.8 mi |
- 26.8 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Attractions
- Undertow: 0.0 mi
- Giant Dipper: 0.1 mi
- Stagnaro Fishing Charters & Whale Watching Cruises: 0.3 mi
- NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 0.4 mi
- Steamer Lane Surfing: 1.0 mi
Historic sites
- Surfer Memorial Statue: 0.8 mi
- Soldiers & Sailors Statue: 1.0 mi
- Compass Rose Plaza: 1.0 mi
- Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 1.0 mi
- Clock Tower: 1.0 mi
Peaks
- Bolcoff Hill: 1.2 mi
- Horseback Hill: 1.8 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
- La Corona: 3.1 mi
- Mount Massiah: 4.8 mi
Museums: 39
Beaches: 33
- Harbor Beach: 0.9 mi
- Twin Lakes Beach: 1.0 mi
- Sunny Cove Beach: 1.6 mi
- Santa Maria's Beach: 1.7 mi
- Swift Beach: 1.9 mi
Waterfalls: 23
- Moose Lodge Falls: 4.3 mi
- Ferndell: 6.5 mi
- Maple Falls: 9.0 mi
- Fairy Falls: 9.0 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 10.4 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 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 1 mi
- Capitola · 4 mi
- Aptos · 6 mi
- Watsonville · 14 mi
- Moss Landing · 17 mi
- Marina · 23 mi
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