Coast Dairies State Park
Coast Dairies State Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 30 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Namaste Rock, a peak 0.4 miles away.
Coast Dairies State Park is an unofficial name for that portion of Wilder Ranch State Park south/west of Highway 1 and north/west of Majors Creek.
What to expect
- Operated by
- California Department of Parks and Recreation
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Namaste Rock: 0.4 mi
- El Jarro Point: 2.3 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Table Rock: 3.9 mi
- Prospect Hill: 7.6 mi
- Davenport Beach County Park: 0.6 mi
- Gus Harding Memorial Area: 6.3 mi
- Shingle Mill Creek: 6.3 mi
- Felton Deck: 7.0 mi
- Covered Bridge Equestrian Center: 7.1 mi
- San Vicente Lumber Company Railroad Camp 1: 4.5 mi
- Big Creek Powerhouse (site): 5.5 mi
- Lost Camp: 5.8 mi
- Limestone Kilns: 6.1 mi
- Powder Magazine: 6.1 mi
- Kresge Totem Pole: 6.8 mi
- Sesnon Art Gallery: 6.8 mi
- Untitled: 6.8 mi
- Crown Fountain: 7.3 mi
- Sacrificial Goat: 7.4 mi
- Five Mile Beach: 3.0 mi
- Red, White and Blue Beach: 3.5 mi
- Table Rock Beach: 3.9 mi
- Four Mile Beach: 4.6 mi
- Three Mile Beach: 5.1 mi
- Family Student Housing Garden: 6.6 mi
- Kresge Garden: 6.7 mi
- Rachel Carson Garden: 6.8 mi
- Oakes Garden: 7.0 mi
- University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum: 7.2 mi
- Wilder Ranch: 6.5 mi
- Greyhound Rock: 6.7 mi
- Roaring Camp: 7.5 mi
- Blue Whale Skeleton: 7.8 mi
- Grey Whale Skeleton: 7.8 mi
- Bigfoot Museum: 6.7 mi
- San Lorenzo Valley Museum, Faye G. Bellardi Gallery: 7.0 mi
- Historic Center: 7.7 mi
- Seymour Marine Discovery Center: 7.8 mi
- Rancho del Oso Nature and History Center: 7.9 mi
- Ferndell: 7.6 mi
- Scott Creek Falls: 9.1 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 9.1 mi
- Slippery Falls: 11.7 mi
- Berry Creek Falls: 12.1 mi
- Reggiardo Spring: 3.7 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 7.6 mi
- Dodero Spring: 7.8 mi
- Redwood Springs: 8.0 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 9.1 mi
- Sand Hill Bluff: 2.6 mi
- Cal Poly Bluffs: 4.9 mi
- China Ladder: 5.7 mi
- Upper Quarry: 7.2 mi
- Upper Quarry: 7.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 7.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 9.6 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 10.7 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 8.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.3 miles of Coast Dairies State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Umunhum | NE 56° | 1,063 m | 19.1 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NE 54° | 1,061 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | NNE 19° | 985 m | 15.8 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNE 18° | 979 m | 16.1 mi |
| The Peak | NNE 23° | 917 m | 16.0 mi |
| El Sombroso | NE 52° | 917 m | 19.3 mi |
| Lookout Tower | NNE 14° | 892 m | 17.1 mi |
| Goat Rock | NNE 16° | 890 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:16 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 10.4 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 10.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element relation/3821821
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 9 mi
- Capitola · 13 mi
- Aptos · 16 mi
- Watsonville · 24 mi
- Moss Landing · 26 mi
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