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Mt. Umunhum Radar Tower

Mt. Umunhum Radar Tower from directly overhead

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.

The record

What the record says

Height
26 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.16050, -121.89756
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Nature reserves
  • 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
Parks
Historic sites
  • 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
Artworks
Museums
Picnic sites
  • 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
Attractions
Gardens
  • 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
Beaches: 48
Springs: 28
Waterfalls: 25
Cliffs: 13
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 15.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 16.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 17.1 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSE 139°1,154 m4.5 mi
Crystal PeakSE 134°1,097 m4.7 mi
Mount UmunhumW 267°1,063 m0.1 mi
Mount ThayerW 281°1,061 m1.2 mi
Mount ChualSE 129°1,046 m4.5 mi
Mount BielawskiWNW 292°985 m11.6 mi
Castle RockWNW 293°979 m11.9 mi
El SombrosoNNW 330°917 m1.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1416:55

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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/67095877

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