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Eccles

Eccles from directly overhead

Eccles is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 115 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Quail Hollow Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.

human settlement in California, United States of America

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Coordinates37.08190, -122.05000
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 5.7 mi
  • Kresge Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Stevenson Garden: 6.0 mi
Peaks
Museums
Historic sites
  • Powder Magazine: 3.1 mi
  • Limestone Kilns: 3.1 mi
  • Barrel Mill (site): 3.2 mi
  • Lost Camp: 3.6 mi
  • Glenwood: 3.9 mi
Parks
  • Quail Hollow Ranch Park: 0.7 mi
  • Lompico Park: 1.6 mi
  • Mission Springs Camps & Conference Center: 1.6 mi
  • Highlands Park: 1.8 mi
  • Ben Lomond County Park: 2.3 mi
Artworks: 56
Beaches: 53
Picnic sites: 50
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • A1: 2.9 mi
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Ferndell: 2.2 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 10.0 mi
  • Castle Rock Falls: 10.4 mi
Springs: 15
  • Old Growth Spring: 1.4 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 2.1 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 5.2 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Upper Quarry: 5.7 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 7.2 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 7.5 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 9.1 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 9.4 mi
Ghost towns: 9
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 8.8 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 9.1 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 9.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Eccles. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaE1,154 m11.5 mi
Crystal PeakE1,097 m12.0 mi
Mount UmunhumENE1,063 m9.9 mi
Mount ThayerNE1,061 m9.2 mi
Mount ChualENE1,046 m12.2 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW985 m10.0 mi
Castle RockNNW979 m10.4 mi
The PeakN917 m9.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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