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The San Lorenzo Valley Museum

The San Lorenzo Valley Museum from directly overhead

The San Lorenzo Valley Museum is a museum in California, at a modelled elevation of 158 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Swamp House, a historic site 0.5 miles away.

About

The story

historic church building in Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz County, California

Wikidata Q5591108, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.11672, -122.12068
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Swamp House: 0.5 mi
  • Barrel Mill (site): 3.3 mi
  • Lost Camp: 3.6 mi
  • Powder Magazine: 4.2 mi
  • Limestone Kilns: 4.2 mi
Parks
Peaks
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Museums
  • San Lorenzo Valley Museum, Faye G. Bellardi Gallery: 5.1 mi
  • Historic Center: 5.7 mi
  • Bigfoot Museum: 5.8 mi
  • Canepa: 7.4 mi
  • Rancho del Oso Nature and History Center: 8.6 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 6.0 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Kresge Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 9.0 mi
  • Rachel Carson Garden: 9.2 mi
Beaches: 57
Waterfalls: 24
  • Ferndell: 5.6 mi
  • Scott Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Sempervirens Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Castle Rock Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 8.2 mi
Springs: 17
  • Reggiardo Spring: 5.1 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 5.9 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 6.0 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 12.5 mi
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 12.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 12.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of The San Lorenzo Valley Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumENE 76°1,063 m12.6 mi
Mount ThayerENE 74°1,061 m11.6 mi
Mount BielawskiNNE 12°985 m7.5 mi
Castle RockN 10°979 m7.8 mi
The PeakNNE 21°917 m7.6 mi
El SombrosoENE 70°917 m12.3 mi
Lookout TowerN 4°892 m9.0 mi
Goat RockN 5°890 m7.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:5019:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/275864841

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