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BSSC Garden

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BSSC Garden from directly overhead

BSSC Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 25 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is AFE Salamander Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.

Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates36.98121, -122.01269

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Branciforte: 0.1 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Clock Tower: 0.8 mi
  • Compass Rose Plaza: 0.8 mi
  • Soldiers & Sailors Statue: 0.8 mi
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 0.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 1.5 mi
  • La Corona: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 3.7 mi
Parks
  • El Portal Park: 0.3 mi
  • Central Park: 0.4 mi
  • Star Of The Sea Park: 0.5 mi
  • Grant Park: 0.5 mi
  • San Lorenzo Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Aloha Terrace: 1.3 mi
  • Lone Tree: 1.3 mi
  • Cathedral: 1.3 mi
  • Twisted Tree: 1.4 mi
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
Beaches: 51
Museums: 46
Gardens: 42
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Ferndell: 5.5 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 9.6 mi
Springs: 16
  • Dodero Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 2.1 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 5.3 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Anthony's Bluff: 0.9 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 1.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.8 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 3.7 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 3.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of BSSC Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 46°1,154 m12.9 mi
Crystal PeakNE 47°1,097 m13.4 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 27°1,063 m13.9 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 22°1,061 m13.6 mi
Mount ChualNE 46°1,046 m13.7 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 345°985 m17.3 mi
Castle RockNNW 345°979 m17.7 mi
El SombrosoNNE 22°917 m14.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1816:1516:56

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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Sea Lion1,626 obs
  • Western Gull1,272 obs
  • Opalescent Nudibranch936 obs
  • Mallard855 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant663 obs
  • Great Blue Heron650 obs
  • Wood Duck615 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk550 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/1368792983

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