Ghost town · California
Purissima
Purissima is a ghost town in California, at a modelled elevation of 41 m. Lookout Tower stands 892 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Whale Bone Beach, a beach 0.5 miles away.
ghost town in San Mateo County, California
How to reach it
Coordinates37.40306, -122.41694
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Whale Gate: 1.5 mi
- Dialogue: 7.1 mi
- Old Barn: 7.5 mi
- Woodside Horses: 9.2 mi
- The Juggler: 11.4 mi
Attractions
- Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 1.6 mi
- Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 1.7 mi
- Lemos Farm: 5.4 mi
- Wing Lam gravesite: 7.3 mi
- Fitzgerald Marine Reserve: 9.8 mi
Parks
- Johnson House Historic Site: 3.2 mi
- Smith Field Park: 3.3 mi
- Half Moon Bay Station Beach: 4.2 mi
- Ocean View Avenue Park: 4.2 mi
- Oak Avenue Park: 4.6 mi
Peaks
- Bald Knob: 3.7 mi
- Kings Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Morena Sierra: 6.0 mi
- Skeggs Point: 6.1 mi
- Teague Hill: 6.6 mi
Historic sites
- BCPA Flight 304 Memorial: 5.3 mi
- Pulgas Water Temple: 7.8 mi
- Town of West Union: 7.8 mi
- Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite: 7.8 mi
- The Sierra Club Edna Bloss Thorne Memorial: 8.9 mi
Gardens: 58
- Quarry Park Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Fruit Garden: 7.4 mi
- Dutch Garden: 7.4 mi
- Daffodil Garden: 7.4 mi
- Walled Garden: 7.4 mi
Museums: 53
- James Johnston House: 3.2 mi
- Half Moon Bay Jail: 4.2 mi
- Woodside Store: 7.9 mi
- Carriage Room Museum: 8.5 mi
- Bill and Jean Lane Education Center: 9.0 mi
Nature reserves: 51
- El Corte de Madera Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area): 3.9 mi
- Half Moon Bay State Beach: 4.1 mi
- John L. Carter Memorial Park: 4.4 mi
- Phleger Estate: 6.6 mi
- Huddart County Park: 6.7 mi
Picnic sites: 48
- McGarvey Flat: 6.7 mi
- Sequoia Youth Group Area`: 7.4 mi
- Oak Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- West Meadow Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
Beaches: 44
- Whale Bone Beach: 0.5 mi
- Cowell Ranch Beach: 1.6 mi
- Martins Beach: 2.0 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 2.3 mi
- Redondo Beach: 3.0 mi
Waterfalls: 12
- Butano Falls: 12.4 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 15.2 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 15.8 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 17.1 mi
- Golden Falls: 17.5 mi
Cliffs: 6
- Aramai Point: 14.8 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 20.8 mi
- Underworld Rock: 21.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 21.6 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 21.9 mi
Springs: 5
- Summit Spring: 6.2 mi
- Spring source: 15.3 mi
- Bulls Spring: 18.4 mi
- Travertine Springs: 18.9 mi
- Congress Springs: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 3
- Stokes Landing: 19.8 mi
- Russell City: 23.2 mi
- Drawbridge: 24.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Purissima. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lookout Tower | ESE 123° | 892 m | 20.1 mi |
| Goat Rock | SE 125° | 890 m | 20.8 mi |
| Summit Rock | ESE 123° | 878 m | 20.8 mi |
| Varian Peak | SE 126° | 873 m | 20.4 mi |
| Turtle Rock | ESE 122° | 812 m | 17.5 mi |
| Borel Hill | ESE 116° | 766 m | 13.2 mi |
| Morena Sierra | E 85° | 731 m | 6.0 mi |
| China Grade | SE 140° | 719 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:14 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:56 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:34 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 59 | 60 | 59 | 57 | 54 | 51 |
| Precip in | 5.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.4 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Half Moon BAY, 5 mi away.
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