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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

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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
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
Peaks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites
  • 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
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
Beaches: 51
Waterfalls: 25
  • 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
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
Cliffs: 12
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 7.9 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 8.1 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 9.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 11.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 11.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 13.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 14.4 mi
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 PrietaESE 113°1,154 m8.1 mi
Crystal PeakESE 111°1,097 m8.4 mi
Mount UmunhumE 87°1,063 m4.4 mi
Mount ThayerE 82°1,061 m3.3 mi
Mount ChualESE 108°1,046 m8.4 mi
Mount BielawskiNW 306°985 m7.8 mi
Castle RockNW 308°979 m8.1 mi
El SombrosoENE 68°917 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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