Nature reserve · California
Hidden Villa
Hidden Villa is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 422 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the south-southeast, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Elephant Mountain, a peak 0.6 miles away.
What to expect
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How to reach it
Coordinates37.34189, -122.15975
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Elephant Mountain: 0.6 mi
- Ewing Hill: 0.7 mi
- Black Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Vista Hill: 2.0 mi
- Madera Point: 2.2 mi
Gardens
- Education Garden: 0.6 mi
- Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden): 2.0 mi
- Foothill Horticulture Garden: 2.1 mi
- Community Garden: 3.2 mi
- Arastradero Garden: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites
- Orchard Glen: 1.9 mi
- Patriot Corner Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- Bubb Park picnic area: 4.9 mi
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
Historic sites
- Foothills Park plaque: 2.0 mi
- Gene Sheehan Overlook: 2.7 mi
- Ohlone Indian Village Town of Los Altos Hills Historical Site No. 1: 2.8 mi
- Audry C. Rust Commemorative Site: 3.2 mi
- Ted Norton's Rock: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Monte Bello Open Space Preserve: 2.3 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Coal Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area): 2.8 mi
- Redwood Grove Nature Preserve: 3.1 mi
Attractions
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 2.4 mi
- Towne Trail: 5.4 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 6.3 mi
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 6.3 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 6.4 mi
Museums
- David C. Daniels Nature Center: 2.5 mi
- Ohlone Village: 3.4 mi
- Los Altos History Museum: 3.8 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 5.7 mi
- Environmental Education Center: 5.7 mi
Parks
- Purissima Park: 2.5 mi
- Los Altos Hills Dog Park: 2.7 mi
- Shoup Park: 3.2 mi
- Frog Pond Park: 3.3 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 3.3 mi
Artworks
- Egrets: 3.2 mi
- Cradle of Liberty: 3.2 mi
- Musical Gambol: 3.3 mi
- Shlama: 3.3 mi
- Walter A. Singer: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 42
- Tunitas Beach: 13.3 mi
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 13.4 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 13.5 mi
- Martins Beach: 13.9 mi
- Sand Beach: 14.6 mi
Springs: 17
- Spring source: 2.0 mi
- Travertine Springs: 7.2 mi
- Congress Springs: 8.8 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 9.9 mi
Waterfalls: 15
- Peter's Creek Falls: 3.6 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 4.7 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 7.2 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 8.5 mi
- Butano Falls: 11.0 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Drawbridge: 13.3 mi
- Lexington: 13.8 mi
- Purissima: 14.7 mi
- Alma: 14.9 mi
- Holy City: 16.2 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Graffiti Rock: 6.5 mi
- Underworld Rock: 8.7 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 8.8 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 17.9 mi
- China Ladder: 19.7 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 20.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.4 miles of Hidden Villa. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | SSE 156° | 985 m | 9.0 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSE 156° | 979 m | 8.6 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 150° | 917 m | 9.8 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSE 157° | 892 m | 7.2 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSE 160° | 890 m | 8.4 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | SSE 150° | 880 m | 10.1 mi |
| Summit Rock | SSE 154° | 878 m | 7.7 mi |
| Varian Peak | SSE 162° | 873 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:14 | 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.
- Western Fence Lizard480 obs
- Mule Deer388 obs
- Variable Checkerspot353 obs
- California buckeye320 obs
- milkmaids310 obs
- Warrior's Plume301 obs
- western jack-o'-lantern288 obs
- Wild Turkey283 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/306487729
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