- Elevation, modelled
- 198 m
- Tallest summit within 16.9 miles
- Loma Prieta1,136 m · 14.7 mi
- Nearest byway
- Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 129.4 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:32local time
- Coordinates
- 36.9914, -122.0659
Rachel Carson Garden is a garden in California, at a modelled 198 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,136 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Untitled, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 29 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.9 miles of Rachel Carson Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NE 56° | 1,136 m | 14.7 mi |
| Crystal Peak | ENE 56° | 1,097 m | 15.2 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NE 38° | 1,063 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NE 34° | 1,061 m | 14.4 mi |
| Mount Chual | NE 55° | 1,046 m | 15.5 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | N 355° | 985 m | 16.1 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 354° | 979 m | 16.5 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNE 33° | 917 m | 15.5 mi |
- 29.4 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Untitled: 0.1 mi
- Sesnon Art Gallery: 0.2 mi
- Kresge Totem Pole: 0.2 mi
- Sacrificial Goat: 0.8 mi
- Crown Fountain: 0.9 mi
- Lower Moore Creek Natural Reserve: 0.3 mi
- Cave Gulch/Wilder Natural Reserve: 0.5 mi
- Upper Moore Creek Natural Reserve: 0.5 mi
- The Triangle: 0.8 mi
- Seep Zone Natural Reserve: 0.9 mi
- Moore Creek Open Space: 1.0 mi
- Kalkar Park: 1.2 mi
- University Terrace Park: 1.4 mi
- Westlake Park: 1.5 mi
- Paradise Park Picnic Grounds: 1.6 mi
- Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 1.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Mission (site): 2.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park: 2.3 mi
- Clock Tower: 2.4 mi
- Compass Rose Plaza: 2.4 mi
- Haunted Meadow: 1.4 mi
- Upper Glen Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Friendship Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Wagner Grove: 1.6 mi
- Millennium Circle: 1.6 mi
- Horseback Hill: 1.5 mi
- Prospect Hill: 2.3 mi
- Bolcoff Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bear Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Mount Alexander: 3.8 mi
- "The Lost Boys" Grandpa's House: 1.5 mi
- Train Engine: 1.6 mi
- Williams-Reynolds House: 2.2 mi
- Wilder Ranch: 2.3 mi
- Monarch Eucalyptus Grove: 2.7 mi
- Family Student Housing Garden: 0.2 mi
- Oakes Garden: 0.3 mi
- Kresge Garden: 0.4 mi
- Australian Garden: 0.6 mi
- University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum: 0.7 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 2.8 mi
- Fern Grotto Beach: 2.8 mi
- Sand Plant Beach: 2.9 mi
- Younger Beach: 2.9 mi
- 2222 Beach: 3.0 mi
- Museum of Art & History: 2.5 mi
- Seymour Marine Discovery Center: 2.9 mi
- Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Exploration Center: 3.0 mi
- Bigfoot Museum: 3.5 mi
- Santa Cruz Surfing Museum: 3.5 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 3.4 mi
- Ferndell: 4.2 mi
- Maple Falls: 10.3 mi
- Fairy Falls: 10.7 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 12.0 mi
- Dodero Spring: 1.1 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 1.1 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 2.7 mi
- Redwood Springs: 4.2 mi
- Reggiardo Spring: 5.5 mi
- Upper Quarry: 0.7 mi
- Upper Quarry: 0.7 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 2.2 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 2.2 mi
- Sand Hill Bluff: 4.9 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 2.9 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 53 | 55 | 58 | 60 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 65 | 62 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 6.4 | 6.1 | 4.3 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 3.2 | 6.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 4 mi away.
- Slender Banana Slug2,617 obs
- Wild Turkey993 obs
- Western Fence Lizard981 obs
- Mule Deer922 obs
- Anna's Hummingbird768 obs
- Ensatina721 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk610 obs
- coast redwood592 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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