Ghost town · California
Burrell
Burrell is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 498 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Mother's Love (Dinosaurs), a artwork 1.1 miles away.
ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California
How to reach it
Coordinates37.12167, -121.92972
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Ralph's Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Mount Thayer: 3.0 mi
- Mount Umunhum: 3.2 mi
- Beehive Peak: 3.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.9 mi
Parks
- Friendship Park: 3.8 mi
- Joe's Top of the Hill Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- Enchanted Valley Community Center: 4.4 mi
- West Glenwood Preserve: 5.3 mi
- Siltanen Community Park: 5.4 mi
Attractions
- Alma Culture Landscape: 5.8 mi
- Zip Tower and Climbing Wall: 6.6 mi
- Mini Bikes Activity Area: 6.6 mi
- Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 6.7 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 8.3 mi
Gardens
- Outdoor Education Garden: 6.6 mi
- Ksitigarbha Garden: 7.6 mi
- Tiger Lily Garden: 9.3 mi
- Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 10.0 mi
- Italianate Garden: 10.2 mi
Museums
- Canepa: 6.7 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 7.2 mi
- New Museum of Los Gatos: 7.4 mi
- Forbes Mill Museum: 7.5 mi
- Historic Center: 8.6 mi
Nature reserves
- Marywood Preserve: 2.8 mi
- Glenwood Open Space Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Hicks/Wood Entrance: 5.2 mi
- McReynolds Wildlife Sanctuary: 6.5 mi
- Lodato Open Space Preserve: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
- Patchen (historic): 2.8 mi
- Laurel Tunnel South Portal: 3.2 mi
- Mt. Umunhum Radar Tower: 3.2 mi
- Glenwood: 3.3 mi
- Mountain Charlie Historical Marker: 3.4 mi
Artworks: 56
- Mother's Love (Dinosaurs): 1.1 mi
- The Cats: 7.2 mi
- Eolian: 7.4 mi
- Portals and Passages: 7.4 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites: 49
- Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Deer Flat Picnic Area: 7.2 mi
- Glen Bre Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
- Loch View Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Porter Family Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 47
- Cable Car Beach: 9.4 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 9.9 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 10.4 mi
- Capitola Beach: 10.5 mi
- Hooper Beach: 10.6 mi
Springs: 25
- Badger Spring: 3.1 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 3.3 mi
- Olive Springs: 4.4 mi
- Cherry Springs: 4.7 mi
- Old Growth Spring: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 23
- Maple Falls: 5.5 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 6.3 mi
- Fairy Falls: 6.6 mi
- Basin Falls: 7.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 11
- Capitola Bluffs: 10.3 mi
- Upper Quarry: 11.0 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 11.3 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 11.5 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 11.7 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 11.8 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 12.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
- Felton Covered Bridge: 9.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 13.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Burrell. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | E 99° | 1,154 m | 4.8 mi |
| Crystal Peak | E 96° | 1,097 m | 5.2 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NNE 32° | 1,063 m | 3.2 mi |
| Mount Thayer | N 11° | 1,061 m | 3.0 mi |
| Mount Chual | E 92° | 1,046 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | NW 308° | 985 m | 11.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | NW 309° | 979 m | 11.8 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNE 15° | 917 m | 4.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 10 mi
- Capitola · 10 mi
- Santa Cruz · 12 mi
- Watsonville · 17 mi
- Moss Landing · 23 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 29 mi
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