Forbes Flour Mill
Forbes Flour Mill is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 110 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Forbes Mill Museum, a museum less than a tenth of a mile away.
The story
Historic place in California, United States.
Wikidata Q5467259, matched on coordinates and name (7 m apart).
What the record says
- Inscription
- "This is all that remains of the four story flour mill built in 1854 by James Alexander Forbes..."
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Forbes Mill Museum: 0.0 mi
- New Museum of Los Gatos: 0.1 mi
- Saratoga Historical Park: 3.7 mi
- Youth Science Institute Sanborn: 4.7 mi
- Campbell Historical Museum: 5.0 mi
- Portals and Passages: 0.1 mi
- Eolian: 0.1 mi
- The Cats: 0.7 mi
- Fuel Tank: 5.5 mi
- Circles and Stars: 5.9 mi
- Pageant Grounds: 0.2 mi
- Town Plaza Park: 0.2 mi
- Bachman Park: 0.6 mi
- Oak Meadow Park: 1.0 mi
- Vasona Lake County Park: 1.4 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 1.0 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 3.0 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 4.8 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 4.8 mi
- Fujitsu Planetarium: 7.6 mi
- Saint Josephs Hill: 1.2 mi
- Priest Rock: 2.0 mi
- El Sereno: 2.4 mi
- Collords Peak: 2.6 mi
- Blossom Hill: 3.0 mi
- Phelan Cacti Garden: 3.1 mi
- Italianate Garden: 3.1 mi
- Hakone Gardens: 4.0 mi
- Saratoga Community Garden: 4.2 mi
- Life Lab: 5.1 mi
- Worcester Park: 0.8 mi
- St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 1.9 mi
- Heintz Open Space: 3.0 mi
- Santa Rosa Openspace: 3.3 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 13.9 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 17.1 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 17.4 mi
- Capitola Beach: 17.4 mi
- Hooper Beach: 17.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Flame of Liberty: 0.1 mi
- George & Ruth Barati: 0.1 mi
- Collord's Peak: 0.5 mi
- Shir Hadash Memorial Garden: 1.5 mi
- Gateway Pavilion: 1.1 mi
- Blossom Valley Group Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Meadowbrook Group Area: 1.1 mi
- Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
- Cherry Springs: 4.3 mi
- Congress Springs: 4.4 mi
- Travertine Springs: 8.9 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 10.2 mi
- Old Growth Spring: 10.5 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 6.9 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.0 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 11.3 mi
- Ferndell: 12.6 mi
- Maple Falls: 12.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 6.1 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 6.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 6.5 mi
- Upper Quarry: 16.0 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 17.1 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 18.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 18.9 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 12.8 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 19.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Forbes Flour Mill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | SE 136° | 1,154 m | 10.7 mi |
| Crystal Peak | SE 133° | 1,097 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | SE 133° | 1,063 m | 6.2 mi |
| Mount Thayer | SE 140° | 1,061 m | 5.3 mi |
| Mount Chual | SE 131° | 1,046 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | W 271° | 985 m | 6.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | W 274° | 979 m | 6.4 mi |
| El Sombroso | SE 128° | 917 m | 4.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/4603005348
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 17 mi
- Capitola · 17 mi
- Santa Cruz · 17 mi
- Watsonville · 24 mi
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