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Friendship Garden

Friendship Garden from directly overhead

Friendship Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Friendship Picnic Area, a picnic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.98436, -122.03942

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Friendship Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
  • Upper Glen Picnic Area: 0.0 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 0.1 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
  • Oak Picnic Area: 0.1 mi
Attractions
  • Train Engine: 0.1 mi
  • Williams-Reynolds House: 0.7 mi
  • "The Lost Boys" Grandpa's House: 0.8 mi
  • NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 1.7 mi
  • Undertow: 1.8 mi
Peaks
  • Horseback Hill: 0.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 1.3 mi
  • La Corona: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 3.7 mi
Parks
Nature reserves
  • Sycamore Grove: 0.7 mi
  • Sycamore Grove: 0.8 mi
  • Pogonip Open Space Preserve: 0.9 mi
  • Ohlone Tiger Beetle Management Area: 1.0 mi
  • The Triangle: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Collateral Damage: 0.9 mi
  • Virgin Moon: 0.9 mi
  • Cube: 0.9 mi
  • Scribner, Saw Player (bronze): 0.9 mi
  • Ocean Life Spiral: 0.9 mi
Beaches: 52
Gardens: 41
Museums: 38
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Ferndell: 4.8 mi
  • Maple Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.8 mi
Springs: 16
  • Dodero Spring: 0.6 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 2.0 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 4.7 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 6.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Anthony's Bluff: 0.7 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 0.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 1.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 1.4 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 5.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 2.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Friendship Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 51°1,154 m13.9 mi
Crystal PeakNE 52°1,097 m14.3 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 32°1,063 m14.4 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 28°1,061 m14.1 mi
Mount ChualNE 51°1,046 m14.7 mi
Mount BielawskiN 350°985 m16.8 mi
Castle RockN 350°979 m17.2 mi
El SombrosoNNE 28°917 m15.2 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 solstice07:1916:1516:56

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Slender Banana Slug2,475 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird1,015 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,008 obs
  • Mallard916 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk907 obs
  • Mule Deer899 obs
  • Wild Turkey895 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk621 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 node/403784280

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