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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. The nearest named place is Alma Culture Landscape, a attraction 1.2 miles away.

ghost town in Santa Clara County, California

Getting there

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Coordinates37.18000, -121.98000
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

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
Artworks
Museums
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
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Mountain Charlie Historical Marker: 2.5 mi
  • Patchen (historic): 2.7 mi
  • George & Ruth Barati: 2.8 mi
  • Flame of Liberty: 2.8 mi
  • 9/11 Memorial: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 51
Picnic sites: 48
  • Gateway Pavilion: 3.9 mi
  • Blossom Valley Group Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Meadowbrook Group Area: 4.0 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
Springs: 24
  • 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: 23
  • 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: 11
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 7.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 7.2 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 8.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 13.2 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 14.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 15.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 16.0 mi
Covered bridges: 1
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 PrietaESE1,154 m8.9 mi
Crystal PeakESE1,097 m9.2 mi
Mount UmunhumESE1,063 m4.7 mi
Mount ThayerESE1,061 m3.5 mi
Mount ChualESE1,046 m9.1 mi
Mount BielawskiWNW985 m6.9 mi
Castle RockWNW979 m7.2 mi
El SombrosoE917 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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