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Lodato Open Space Preserve

Lodato Open Space Preserve from directly overhead

Lodato Open Space Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 242 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-northeast, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Canepa, a museum 0.4 miles away.

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Coordinates37.05050, -122.00638
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
Peaks
  • Mount Alexander: 1.5 mi
  • Mount Hermon: 2.3 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 2.7 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Roberta: 2.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 4.4 mi
  • Stevenson Garden: 4.5 mi
  • AFE Salamander Garden: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites
  • Picnic Bench: 3.0 mi
  • A1: 3.1 mi
  • D: 3.1 mi
  • A: 3.1 mi
  • C: 3.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 3.4 mi
  • Bear Enclosure: 4.0 mi
  • Glenwood: 4.1 mi
  • Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 4.2 mi
  • Laurel Tunnel South Portal: 4.3 mi
Artworks
  • Crown Fountain: 4.4 mi
  • Redwood Boat: 4.5 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 4.5 mi
  • Skyball: 4.7 mi
  • Skyball: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 50
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 1.9 mi
  • Ferndell: 3.0 mi
  • Maple Falls: 6.2 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 8.0 mi
Springs: 16
  • Old Growth Spring: 2.0 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 2.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 3.0 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Olive Springs: 4.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 4.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 4.6 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 5.1 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 5.5 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 6.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 6.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 6.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 7.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of Lodato Open Space Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaENE 65°1,154 m9.9 mi
Crystal PeakENE 65°1,097 m10.4 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 38°1,063 m9.6 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 31°1,061 m9.2 mi
Mount ChualENE 63°1,046 m10.6 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 338°985 m12.9 mi
Castle RockNNW 338°979 m13.3 mi
El SombrosoNNE 31°917 m10.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard136 obs
  • Pacific hound's tongue119 obs
  • Sun Cup116 obs
  • Slender Banana Slug98 obs
  • California poppy93 obs
  • redmaids93 obs
  • fuller's teasel80 obs
  • Padre's Shooting Star80 obs

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

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/479619951

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