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Alma

Alma from directly overhead

Alma is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 338 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-southeast, 8.9 miles off.

ghost town in Santa Clara County, California

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.18000, -121.98000
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Alma: 0.5 mi
  • Mountain Charlie Historical Marker: 2.5 mi
  • Patchen (historic): 2.7 mi
  • George & Ruth Barati: 2.8 mi
  • Flame of Liberty: 2.8 mi
Attractions
Peaks
Parks
  • Friendship Park: 1.6 mi
  • Pageant Grounds: 2.8 mi
  • Town Plaza Park: 2.9 mi
  • Bachman Park: 3.4 mi
  • Oak Meadow Park: 3.9 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Gateway Pavilion: 3.9 mi
  • Blossom Valley Group Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Meadowbrook Group Area: 4.0 mi
  • Meadowbrook Group Area: 4.0 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
Gardens
  • Italianate Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 5.3 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 6.1 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 7.1 mi
  • Life Lab: 7.9 mi
Beaches: 53
Springs: 25
  • Cherry Springs: 3.7 mi
  • Congress Springs: 6.1 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 7.7 mi
  • Badger Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 8.2 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Castle Rock Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Ferndell: 9.9 mi
  • Maple Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 10.9 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 11.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 8.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 13.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 15.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 16.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 16.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Alma. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaESE 123°1,154 m8.9 mi
Crystal PeakESE 120°1,097 m9.2 mi
Mount UmunhumESE 107°1,063 m4.7 mi
Mount ThayerESE 108°1,061 m3.5 mi
Mount ChualESE 118°1,046 m9.1 mi
Mount BielawskiWNW 296°985 m6.9 mi
Castle RockWNW 298°979 m7.2 mi
El SombrosoE 91°917 m3.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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