Mt. Umunhum Radar Tower
Mt. Umunhum Radar Tower is a historic site in California, at a modelled elevation of 1,056 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the southeast, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Umunhum, a peak 0.1 miles away.
A decommisssioned Air Force Tower. In 2016, Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors listed the tower on the County Heritage Resource Inventory to ensure its preservation.
What the record says
- Height
- 26 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Umunhum: 0.1 mi
- Mount Thayer: 1.2 mi
- El Sombroso: 1.4 mi
- Bald Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Ralph's Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Guadalupe Reservoir County Park: 2.6 mi
- Cathedral Oaks Park: 4.0 mi
- Glenview Park: 4.0 mi
- Almaden Meadows: 4.3 mi
- Copperwood Park & Community Pool: 4.4 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 4.5 mi
- New Museum of Los Gatos: 6.1 mi
- Forbes Mill Museum: 6.2 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 7.1 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 7.4 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 5.9 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 6.2 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 6.7 mi
- Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 9.0 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 9.0 mi
- Italianate Garden: 9.3 mi
- Phelan Cacti Garden: 9.3 mi
- Outdoor Education Garden: 9.6 mi
- Saratoga Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Hakone Gardens: 10.2 mi
- Mother's Love (Dinosaurs): 4.3 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 4.5 mi
- Fuel Tank: 6.0 mi
- Eolian: 6.1 mi
- Portals and Passages: 6.2 mi
- Hicks/Wood Entrance: 2.2 mi
- McAbee Entry: 3.9 mi
- Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 4.0 mi
- Hacienda Entrance: 4.1 mi
- Santa Rosa Openspace: 4.7 mi
- Mine Hill Rotary Furnace: 3.1 mi
- April Tunnel Trestle: 3.1 mi
- English Camp School House Ruins: 3.4 mi
- Mine: 3.4 mi
- Flag Pole: 3.4 mi
- Cottle Rest Site: 5.3 mi
- Arroyo Picnic Site: 5.5 mi
- quicksilver picnic area: 5.6 mi
- southpoint Picnic area: 5.6 mi
- Ohlone Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 12.5 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 12.8 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 13.4 mi
- Capitola Beach: 13.4 mi
- Hooper Beach: 13.6 mi
- Cherry Springs: 2.1 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 5.2 mi
- Badger Spring: 5.7 mi
- Olive Springs: 7.2 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 7.2 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 7.6 mi
- Basin Falls: 7.6 mi
- Upper Falls: 7.6 mi
- Lower Falls: 7.7 mi
- Granuja Falls: 7.7 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 11.6 mi
- Underworld Rock: 11.9 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 12.6 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 13.2 mi
- Upper Quarry: 14.2 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 15.0 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 16.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 12.2 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 17.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Mt. Umunhum Radar Tower. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | SE 139° | 1,154 m | 4.5 mi |
| Crystal Peak | SE 134° | 1,097 m | 4.7 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | W 267° | 1,063 m | 0.1 mi |
| Mount Thayer | W 281° | 1,061 m | 1.2 mi |
| Mount Chual | SE 129° | 1,046 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | WNW 292° | 985 m | 11.6 mi |
| Castle Rock | WNW 293° | 979 m | 11.9 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNW 330° | 917 m | 1.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/67095877
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 12 mi
- Capitola · 13 mi
- Santa Cruz · 15 mi
- Watsonville · 18 mi
- Moss Landing · 25 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 29 mi
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