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Holy City

Holy City from directly overhead

Holy City is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 384 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-southeast, 8.1 miles off. The nearest named place is Friendship Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

former human settlement in Santa Clara County, California, USA

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.15690, -121.97900
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Friendship Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pageant Grounds: 4.4 mi
  • Town Plaza Park: 4.5 mi
  • Bachman Park: 5.0 mi
  • Loch Lomond City Recreation Area: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Museums
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 6.6 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 7.5 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 8.7 mi
Artworks: 57
Historic sites
  • Mountain Charlie Historical Marker: 1.0 mi
  • Patchen (historic): 1.1 mi
  • Alma: 2.0 mi
  • Laurel Tunnel South Portal: 3.2 mi
  • Glenwood: 3.4 mi
Picnic sites: 49
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 5.0 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • Gateway Pavilion: 5.5 mi
  • Blossom Valley Group Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 49
Springs: 23
  • Cherry Springs: 4.2 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 6.2 mi
  • Badger Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Congress Springs: 7.4 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Castle Rock Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.6 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 9.9 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 8.1 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 11.7 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 12.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 13.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 14.4 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 15.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Holy City. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaESE1,154 m8.1 mi
Crystal PeakESE1,097 m8.4 mi
Mount UmunhumE1,063 m4.4 mi
Mount ThayerE1,061 m3.3 mi
Mount ChualESE1,046 m8.4 mi
Mount BielawskiNW985 m7.8 mi
Castle RockNW979 m8.1 mi
El SombrosoENE917 m4.1 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, 5 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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