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Arroyo Seco Canyon

Arroyo Seco Canyon from directly overhead

Arroyo Seco Canyon is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 56 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Round Tree Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Santa Cruz Parks & Recreation Department
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.96879, -122.05423

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Round Tree Park: 0.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz holding 4: 0.3 mi
  • Moore Creek Overlook: 0.3 mi
  • University Terrace Park: 0.4 mi
  • Mission Gardens (private property): 0.5 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Welcome to Santa Cruz: 0.6 mi
  • Guardian I: 1.3 mi
  • Before Now sculpture: 1.5 mi
  • Cube: 1.6 mi
  • Reclining Nude: 1.6 mi
Picnic sites
  • Volcano Commons Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Wagner Grove: 1.2 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 1.3 mi
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Friendship Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
  • Monarch Eucalyptus Grove: 1.1 mi
  • Train Engine: 1.3 mi
  • Williams-Reynolds House: 1.4 mi
  • Blue Whale Skeleton: 1.5 mi
  • Grey Whale Skeleton: 1.5 mi
Peaks
  • Horseback Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.4 mi
  • La Corona: 4.1 mi
  • Table Rock: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 53
  • Natural Bridges State Beach: 1.3 mi
  • 2222 Beach: 1.3 mi
  • De Anza Beach: 1.3 mi
  • Mitchell's Cove Beach: 1.4 mi
  • Swift Beach: 1.4 mi
Gardens: 40
Museums: 36
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 4.3 mi
  • Ferndell: 5.7 mi
  • Maple Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 10.7 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 12.0 mi
Springs: 16
  • Dodero Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 3.3 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 5.7 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 7.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Chrystal Cliff: 1.3 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 1.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.1 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.1 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 5.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 1.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Arroyo Seco Canyon. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 50°1,154 m15.2 mi
Crystal PeakNE 50°1,097 m15.6 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 33°1,063 m15.8 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 29°1,061 m15.4 mi
Mount ChualNE 49°1,046 m16.0 mi
Mount BielawskiN 353°985 m17.7 mi
Castle RockN 353°979 m18.1 mi
El SombrosoNNE 29°917 m16.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/479598148

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