Coal Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area)
Marked private. Do not count on getting in.
Coal Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area) is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 606 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Ted Norton's Rock, a historic site 0.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Ted Norton's Rock: 0.5 mi
- Audry C. Rust Commemorative Site: 1.9 mi
- Gene Sheehan Overlook: 2.4 mi
- Dwight Crowder Trail Plaque: 2.6 mi
- Foothills Park plaque: 2.6 mi
- Mount Melville: 0.6 mi
- Borel Hill: 1.2 mi
- Langley Hill: 1.6 mi
- Mindego Hill: 2.0 mi
- Madera Point: 2.5 mi
- David C. Daniels Nature Center: 1.9 mi
- Carriage Room Museum: 6.0 mi
- Ohlone Village: 6.1 mi
- Los Altos History Museum: 6.2 mi
- Hoover Tower: 6.8 mi
- Community Garden: 1.9 mi
- Education Garden: 2.9 mi
- Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden): 4.6 mi
- Foothill Horticulture Garden: 4.7 mi
- Arastradero Garden: 6.4 mi
- Frog Pond Park: 2.2 mi
- Triangle Park: 2.6 mi
- Heritage Grove Redwood Preserve: 3.5 mi
- La Honda Store State Historic Landmark: 3.8 mi
- Purissima Park: 4.5 mi
- Windy Hill Open Space Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Hidden Villa: 2.8 mi
- Monte Bello Open Space Preserve: 3.7 mi
- La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve: 4.8 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Orchard Glen: 2.3 mi
- Choctaw Youth Camp: 4.0 mi
- Patriot Corner Picnic Area: 5.6 mi
- Madrone Day Use Area: 5.7 mi
- Tan Oak Day Use Area: 5.7 mi
- Towne Trail: 3.4 mi
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 3.9 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 6.9 mi
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 6.9 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 7.0 mi
- Old Barn: 4.9 mi
- Dialogue: 5.3 mi
- Egrets: 5.6 mi
- Cradle of Liberty: 5.7 mi
- Walter A. Singer: 5.8 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 10.6 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 10.7 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 10.7 mi
- Martins Beach: 11.3 mi
- Sand Beach: 11.9 mi
- Spring source: 3.0 mi
- Travertine Springs: 7.6 mi
- Summit Spring: 8.2 mi
- Summit Spring: 8.2 mi
- Bulls Spring: 9.3 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 3.9 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 5.3 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 6.0 mi
- Butano Falls: 8.7 mi
- Butano Falls: 8.7 mi
- Purissima: 12.3 mi
- Lexington: 15.5 mi
- Drawbridge: 15.7 mi
- Alma: 16.5 mi
- Holy City: 17.6 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 8.5 mi
- Underworld Rock: 9.7 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 9.8 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 16.5 mi
- China Ladder: 18.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.3 miles of Coal Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | SE 140° | 985 m | 10.0 mi |
| Castle Rock | SE 140° | 979 m | 9.6 mi |
| The Peak | SE 137° | 917 m | 11.0 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SE 138° | 892 m | 8.2 mi |
| Goat Rock | SE 143° | 890 m | 9.2 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SE 137° | 880 m | 11.3 mi |
| Summit Rock | SE 137° | 878 m | 8.9 mi |
| Varian Peak | SE 144° | 873 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 57 | 64 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 52 | 47 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 8.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skyline Ridge Preserve, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/682318995
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