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Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument

Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument from directly overhead

Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 180 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Coast Dairies State Park, a nature reserve 0.9 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Built
2025-08-17
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Bureau of Land Management
Access
Permitted

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.01697, -122.17826
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Namaste Rock: 1.0 mi
  • Bald Mountain: 2.2 mi
  • El Jarro Point: 2.4 mi
  • Table Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 7.0 mi
Parks
  • Davenport Beach County Park: 1.1 mi
  • Shingle Mill Creek: 5.7 mi
  • Gus Harding Memorial Area: 5.7 mi
  • Felton Deck: 6.3 mi
  • Alba Park, Recreation, and Parkway District: 6.3 mi
Historic sites
  • San Vicente Lumber Company Railroad Camp 1: 4.0 mi
  • Lost Camp: 4.9 mi
  • Big Creek Powerhouse (site): 5.0 mi
  • Limestone Kilns: 5.3 mi
  • Powder Magazine: 5.3 mi
Artworks
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 6.4 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 6.4 mi
  • Untitled: 6.5 mi
  • Crown Fountain: 6.9 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 7.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • E: 6.6 mi
  • F: 6.6 mi
  • G: 6.6 mi
  • B: 6.7 mi
  • C: 6.7 mi
Beaches: 54
  • Five Mile Beach: 3.2 mi
  • Red, White and Blue Beach: 3.7 mi
  • Table Rock Beach: 4.1 mi
  • Four Mile Beach: 4.8 mi
  • Three Mile Beach: 5.2 mi
Gardens: 38
  • Kresge Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Family Student Housing Garden: 6.3 mi
  • Rachel Carson Garden: 6.4 mi
  • Oakes Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Australian Garden: 6.9 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Greyhound Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Wilder Ranch: 6.5 mi
  • Roaring Camp: 6.9 mi
  • Sequoia Aerial Adventure: 7.2 mi
  • Redwood Canopy Tours: 7.2 mi
Museums: 32
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 14
  • Reggiardo Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 7.3 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 7.5 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 8.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 2.9 mi
  • Cal Poly Bluffs: 4.8 mi
  • China Ladder: 5.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 9.5 mi
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 10.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 8.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Cotoni-Coast Dairies Unit, California Coastal National Monument. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumENE 57°1,063 m18.3 mi
Mount ThayerNE 55°1,061 m17.5 mi
Mount BielawskiNNE 18°985 m15.0 mi
Castle RockNNE 17°979 m15.3 mi
The PeakNNE 23°917 m15.2 mi
El SombrosoNE 53°917 m18.5 mi
Lookout TowerNNE 13°892 m16.3 mi
Goat RockNNE 15°890 m15.1 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, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/7062718

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