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Collord's Peak

Collord's Peak from directly overhead

Collord's Peak is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 194 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Town Plaza Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Inscription
Named for Long Term Los Gatos Resident Victor R. Collord...
Getting there

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Coordinates37.22200, -121.98895
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Historic sites
Artworks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Gateway Pavilion: 1.4 mi
  • Meadowbrook Group Area: 1.4 mi
  • Blossom Valley Group Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Meadowbrook Group Area: 1.4 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
Gardens
  • Italianate Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 3.6 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Life Lab: 5.0 mi
Beaches: 56
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 24
Cliffs: 13
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 5.7 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 15.9 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 15.9 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 18.1 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 18.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 19.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Collord's Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSE 134°1,154 m11.1 mi
Crystal PeakSE 132°1,097 m11.3 mi
Mount UmunhumSE 131°1,063 m6.5 mi
Mount ThayerSE 136°1,061 m5.6 mi
Mount ChualSE 130°1,046 m11.1 mi
Mount BielawskiW 271°985 m5.7 mi
Castle RockW 274°979 m5.9 mi
The PeakW 268°917 m4.5 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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/4904993612

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