Nature reserve · California
La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve
La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 161 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Rays Peak, a peak 0.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
Coordinates37.32559, -122.29560
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Rays Peak: 0.2 mi
- Burns Chalks: 1.8 mi
- Haskins Hill: 1.9 mi
- Mount Ellen: 3.2 mi
- Langley Hill: 3.2 mi
Parks
- La Honda Store State Historic Landmark: 1.2 mi
- Coyote Bowl: 3.2 mi
- Heritage Grove Redwood Preserve: 3.2 mi
- The Cone Cult: 3.4 mi
- Frog Pond Park: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites
- Choctaw Youth Camp: 2.2 mi
- Madrone Day Use Area: 6.6 mi
- Tan Oak Day Use Area: 6.6 mi
- Orchard Glen: 6.6 mi
- McGarvey Flat: 7.4 mi
Artworks
- Old Barn: 2.4 mi
- Dialogue: 2.5 mi
- Woodside Horses: 7.6 mi
- Stone Head: 8.7 mi
- Bike Tree: 9.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
- Ted Norton's Rock: 4.3 mi
- The Sierra Club Edna Bloss Thorne Memorial: 5.2 mi
- Audry C. Rust Commemorative Site: 5.4 mi
- BCPA Flight 304 Memorial: 5.7 mi
- Dwight Crowder Trail Plaque: 5.8 mi
Attractions
- Towne Trail: 4.3 mi
- Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 7.0 mi
- Arata's Pumpkin Farm: 7.1 mi
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 8.2 mi
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 9.8 mi
Gardens
- Community Garden: 5.3 mi
- Education Garden: 7.6 mi
- Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden): 9.4 mi
- Foothill Horticulture Garden: 9.4 mi
- Papua New Guinea Sculpture Garden: 9.6 mi
Museums
- David C. Daniels Nature Center: 6.0 mi
- Carriage Room Museum: 6.1 mi
- Woodside Store: 7.3 mi
- Hoover Tower: 10.0 mi
- Anderson Collection at Stanford University: 10.1 mi
Beaches: 45
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 5.9 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 5.9 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 6.2 mi
- Martins Beach: 7.1 mi
- Sand Beach: 7.3 mi
Waterfalls: 14
- Butano Falls: 5.9 mi
- Butano Falls: 5.9 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 6.7 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 7.5 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Purissima: 8.5 mi
- Lexington: 19.1 mi
- Alma: 20.1 mi
- Drawbridge: 20.1 mi
- Stokes Landing: 20.3 mi
Springs: 10
- Summit Spring: 6.9 mi
- Summit Spring: 6.9 mi
- Spring source: 7.4 mi
- Bulls Spring: 10.2 mi
- Travertine Springs: 10.4 mi
Cliffs: 7
- Graffiti Rock: 12.7 mi
- Underworld Rock: 12.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 13.1 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 15.3 mi
- China Ladder: 17.9 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.7 mi
Rest areas: 1
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | ESE 122° | 985 m | 13.2 mi |
| Castle Rock | ESE 121° | 979 m | 12.9 mi |
| The Peak | ESE 121° | 917 m | 14.4 mi |
| Lookout Tower | ESE 118° | 892 m | 11.6 mi |
| Goat Rock | ESE 123° | 890 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | ESE 121° | 880 m | 14.6 mi |
| Summit Rock | ESE 118° | 878 m | 12.3 mi |
| Varian Peak | ESE 123° | 873 m | 11.9 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 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Jan–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 51 | 51 | 53 | 55 | 57 | 61 | 61 | 61 | 57 | 52 | 50 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 6.2 | 4.3 | 2.3 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.6 | 6.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Gregorio 2 SE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/670560858
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