Foothill Horticulture Garden
Foothill Horticulture Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 104 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 9.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden), a garden 0.1 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Foothill College
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden): 0.1 mi
- Education Garden: 1.8 mi
- Cuesta Pollinator Habitat: 2.7 mi
- Arastradero Garden: 2.9 mi
- Drought Demonstration Garden: 3.1 mi
- Ohlone Indian Village Town of Los Altos Hills Historical Site No. 1: 0.8 mi
- J. Gilbert Smith House: 1.7 mi
- St. Joseph's College: 2.8 mi
- Foothills Park plaque: 2.8 mi
- Blue and Gold Kennel Club: 3.2 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 1.1 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 1.8 mi
- Hidden Villa: 2.1 mi
- Monte Bello Open Space Preserve: 3.7 mi
- Patriot Corner Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
- Bubb Park picnic area: 2.8 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 2.9 mi
- Orchard Glen: 3.0 mi
- Redwood Group Area: 4.3 mi
- Egrets: 1.2 mi
- Musical Gambol: 1.3 mi
- Cradle of Liberty: 1.3 mi
- Shlama: 1.3 mi
- Walter A. Singer: 1.3 mi
- Shoup Park: 1.2 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 1.5 mi
- Purissima Park: 1.6 mi
- Rosita Park: 1.6 mi
- Village Park: 1.7 mi
- Ewing Hill: 1.4 mi
- Elephant Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Vista Hill: 2.8 mi
- Coyote Hill: 2.9 mi
- Black Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Los Altos History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Ohlone Village: 2.6 mi
- David C. Daniels Nature Center: 4.5 mi
- The Foster Museum: 4.7 mi
- Computer History Museum: 4.7 mi
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 2.1 mi
- Fujitsu Planetarium: 5.4 mi
- Lockheed P-3 Orion: 5.5 mi
- Plaza del Sol: 5.5 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 5.5 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 15.0 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 15.1 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 15.3 mi
- Martins Beach: 15.4 mi
- Whale Bone Beach: 16.6 mi
- Spring source: 3.7 mi
- Travertine Springs: 8.3 mi
- Congress Springs: 8.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 10.8 mi
- Summit Spring: 10.8 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 6.0 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 9.1 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 9.3 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 13.1 mi
- Drawbridge: 11.2 mi
- Lexington: 13.7 mi
- Alma: 14.9 mi
- Purissima: 16.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 16.3 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 6.5 mi
- Underworld Rock: 9.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 9.4 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 19.7 mi
- China Ladder: 21.3 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Foothill Horticulture Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | SSE 168° | 985 m | 9.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSE 169° | 979 m | 9.2 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 162° | 917 m | 10.2 mi |
| Lookout Tower | S 172° | 892 m | 7.9 mi |
| Goat Rock | S 173° | 890 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SSE 161° | 880 m | 10.5 mi |
| Summit Rock | SSE 169° | 878 m | 8.4 mi |
| Varian Peak | S 175° | 873 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 57 | 64 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 52 | 47 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 8.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skyline Ridge Preserve, 4 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard310 obs
- California Newt308 obs
- California buckeye234 obs
- Mule Deer203 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco177 obs
- Variable Checkerspot169 obs
- western jack-o'-lantern126 obs
- White Globe Lily121 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13648689090
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 27 mi
- Capitola · 28 mi
- Aptos · 29 mi
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