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Coast Dairies State Park

Coast Dairies State Park from directly overhead

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.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.00661, -122.18685
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • 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
Parks
  • 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
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • 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
Artworks
  • 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
Picnic sites
  • E: 7.3 mi
  • F: 7.3 mi
  • G: 7.3 mi
  • B: 7.3 mi
  • C: 7.3 mi
Beaches: 54
  • 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
Gardens: 37
Attractions: 33
  • 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
Museums: 30
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 14
  • 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
Cliffs: 12
  • 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
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 9.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 10.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 8.2 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumNE 56°1,063 m19.1 mi
Mount ThayerNE 54°1,061 m18.3 mi
Mount BielawskiNNE 19°985 m15.8 mi
Castle RockNNE 18°979 m16.1 mi
The PeakNNE 23°917 m16.0 mi
El SombrosoNE 52°917 m19.3 mi
Lookout TowerNNE 14°892 m17.1 mi
Goat RockNNE 16°890 m15.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:5019:5420:32
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1916:1616:56

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, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/3821821

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