Skip to content

Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve

Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve from directly overhead

Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 213 m. Lookout Tower stands 892 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Bill and Jean Lane Education Center, a museum 0.5 miles away.

What to expect

Operated by
San Mateo County Parks
Access
Yes

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates37.46721, -122.28427

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Historic sites
Parks
  • Handley Rock Park: 0.8 mi
  • Easter Bowl: 1.1 mi
  • Crestview Park: 1.2 mi
  • Eaton Park: 1.3 mi
  • Big Canyon Park: 1.4 mi
Gardens
  • Panel Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Fruit Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Knot Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 1.4 mi
  • Daffodil Garden: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites
Peaks
Attractions
  • Public Bocce Court: 4.0 mi
  • Wing Lam gravesite: 5.5 mi
  • Historic Railroad Station: 5.6 mi
  • Stem Cell Research information placards: 6.4 mi
  • El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 6.4 mi
Beaches: 46
Waterfalls: 17
Springs: 10
  • Summit Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Summit Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Spring source: 12.6 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 17.6 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 19.0 mi
Ghost towns: 6
Cliffs: 5
  • Aramai Point: 15.2 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 17.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 19.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 19.7 mi
  • Chab: 20.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.7 miles of Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Lookout TowerSSE 148°892 m18.0 mi
Summit RockSSE 147°878 m18.7 mi
Black MountainSE 144°849 m12.8 mi
Turtle RockSSE 151°812 m15.7 mi
Borel HillSSE 155°766 m11.2 mi
Morena SierraSSW 199°731 m4.2 mi
China GradeSSE 168°719 m17.9 mi
Allen LookoutS 186°708 m5.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4719:21
June solstice05:4919:5520:34
September equinox06:5818:3319:08
December solstice07:2116:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F505255586266696967625449
Precip in3.83.63.01.10.50.20.00.00.10.91.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redwood City, 3 mi away.

  • Warrior's Plume1,437 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard1,278 obs
  • Pacific hound's tongue1,254 obs
  • Mule Deer937 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower921 obs
  • White Globe Lily903 obs
  • Henderson's shooting star875 obs
  • dense-flowered owl's-clover873 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/295138560

More nature reserves in California

Drive to it

Byway plans a real route around stops like this one.

Private beta · Free to join

Take the scenic way to Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve.

Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.

Private beta · Free to join · No card · Invite when a spot opens