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Laurel

Laurel from directly overhead

Laurel is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east, 6.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Marywood Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away.

ghost town in Santa Cruz County, California

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Coordinates37.11667, -121.96528
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Friendship Park: 2.9 mi
  • West Glenwood Preserve: 3.7 mi
  • Siltanen Community Park: 3.9 mi
  • Glenwood Meadows: 3.9 mi
  • Joe's Top of the Hill Memorial Park: 3.9 mi
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Ksitigarbha Garden: 7.5 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 8.6 mi
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 9.4 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 9.4 mi
Attractions
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks: 56
Picnic sites: 50
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 5.2 mi
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
  • A1: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 48
Springs: 23
  • Badger Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 4.7 mi
  • Olive Springs: 4.8 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 5.7 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Maple Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Ferndell: 7.0 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 7.0 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 7.4 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 11
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 11.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 11.9 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 12.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Laurel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaE1,154 m6.7 mi
Crystal PeakE1,097 m7.1 mi
Mount UmunhumNE1,063 m4.7 mi
Mount ThayerNE1,061 m4.1 mi
Mount ChualE1,046 m7.2 mi
Mount BielawskiNW985 m10.2 mi
Castle RockNW979 m10.6 mi
El SombrosoNE917 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

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, 7 mi away.

Sources

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Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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