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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
Historic sites
Artworks
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
Picnic sites
  • 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
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 50
Waterfalls: 25
  • 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
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
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 9.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 9.6 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 9.9 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 10.2 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 10.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 11.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 11.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 12.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Laurel. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaE 93°1,154 m6.7 mi
Crystal PeakE 92°1,097 m7.1 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 50°1,063 m4.7 mi
Mount ThayerNE 38°1,061 m4.1 mi
Mount ChualE 89°1,046 m7.2 mi
Mount BielawskiNW 316°985 m10.2 mi
Castle RockNW 317°979 m10.6 mi
El SombrosoNE 35°917 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

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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