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LaPoint Land Bank

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LaPoint Land Bank from directly overhead

LaPoint Land Bank is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 525 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northwest, 8.1 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Dept., County of
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates37.03363, -121.73500
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Fat Bhuda: 1.0 mi
  • Bhuda: 1.0 mi
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 9.3 mi
  • Compass: 9.9 mi
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 10.9 mi
Picnic sites
  • Redwood: 2.0 mi
  • Hilltop: 2.1 mi
  • Azalea: 2.9 mi
  • Lone Maple: 3.0 mi
  • Black Oak Group Area: 4.8 mi
Attractions
  • White deer pen: 2.2 mi
  • Amphitheater: 2.2 mi
  • Miller House: 2.3 mi
  • Giant Twins: 3.1 mi
  • Kirgan Cellars: 4.2 mi
Peaks
Parks
Historic sites
Gardens: 58
  • Roses of Yesterday: 3.0 mi
  • Monarch Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Holly Garden: 6.1 mi
  • Camellia Garden: 6.1 mi
  • South County Backroads Garden: 6.1 mi
Museums: 53
Beaches: 44
Springs: 37
  • Sulpher Springs: 9.3 mi
  • Olive Springs: 10.3 mi
  • Badger Spring: 10.5 mi
  • El Pajaro Springs: 10.7 mi
  • Santa Teresa Springs: 13.7 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Triple Falls: 4.5 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Black Rock Falls: 4.9 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 8
  • Capitola Bluffs: 12.4 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 16.7 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 16.9 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 17.9 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 18.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 15.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 17.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 18.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.0 miles of LaPoint Land Bank. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNW 312°1,154 m8.1 mi
Crystal PeakNW 315°1,097 m7.8 mi
Mount UmunhumNW 314°1,063 m12.6 mi
Mount ThayerNW 312°1,061 m13.6 mi
Mount ChualNW 317°1,046 m8.0 mi
El SombrosoNW 316°917 m13.9 mi
Middle RidgeNE 41°884 m16.0 mi
Nesbit RidgeENE 58°850.7 m13.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5220:31
September equinox06:5618:3119:05
December solstice07:1716:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515254565861636364615550
Precip in4.64.04.31.20.90.20.00.00.10.92.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville Muni AP, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/756149108

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