Basking Ridge Conservation Easement
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Basking Ridge Conservation Easement is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 90 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Coyote Creek Parkway, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Silicon Valley Land Conservancy
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 0.4 mi
- Tulare Hill Conservation Area: 1.0 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 1.0 mi
- Fisher Creek Conservation Easement: 1.2 mi
- Tulare Hill Ecological Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Metcalf Park: 0.5 mi
- Basking Ridge Park: 0.6 mi
- Metcalf Motorcycle County Park: 1.1 mi
- Los Paseos Park: 1.2 mi
- Piercy Park: 1.3 mi
- Tulare Hill: 1.1 mi
- Coyote Peak: 2.3 mi
- Spreckels Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Misery: 3.9 mi
- Montgomery Hill: 4.5 mi
- Picnic Site: 1.5 mi
- Coyote Ranch: 1.6 mi
- Pueblo Day Use Area: 2.5 mi
- Picnic Site: 3.3 mi
- Sycamore Rest Area: 3.8 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 2.5 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 4.0 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 5.4 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 8.1 mi
- History Park at Kelley Park: 8.1 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 3.5 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 4.3 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument: 4.3 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 4.5 mi
- Gina "Frogquist" Grove: 5.4 mi
- Bird's Eye View: 4.2 mi
- Discoveries: 5.8 mi
- Discoveries: 5.8 mi
- Discoveries: 5.9 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 6.5 mi
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 7.0 mi
- Little Dipper: 7.6 mi
- Slide Creek Falls: 7.6 mi
- Shotgun Falls: 7.6 mi
- Serpentine Slides: 7.6 mi
- Rose Garden: 7.3 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 7.3 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 9.6 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 9.6 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 9.9 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 2.4 mi
- Cherry Springs: 9.4 mi
- South Spring: 9.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 10.2 mi
- Blackberry Spring: 11.2 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 20.3 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 20.4 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 20.4 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 20.8 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 21.3 mi
- Lower Falls: 10.6 mi
- Granuja Falls: 10.8 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 11.0 mi
- Basin Falls: 11.1 mi
- Upper Falls: 11.1 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 17.8 mi
- The Bluff: 18.6 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 18.6 mi
- Underworld Rock: 19.0 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 21.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.7 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 23.5 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Basking Ridge Conservation Easement. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | NE 42° | 1,327 m | 10.2 mi |
| Observatory Peak | NE 40° | 1,298 m | 9.5 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | NE 42° | 1,295 m | 10.3 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | NE 41° | 1,286 m | 9.7 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NE 40° | 1,279 m | 9.5 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | NE 40° | 1,276 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Isabel | NE 50° | 1,275 m | 9.6 mi |
| Galileo Peak | NE 39° | 1,273 m | 10.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/828957868
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 20 mi
- Capitola · 21 mi
- Watsonville · 22 mi
- Santa Cruz · 24 mi
- Moss Landing · 30 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 30 mi
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