Lower Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area
Lower Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 174 m. Laveaga Peak stands 1,145 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is California Korean War Memorial, a historic site 1.8 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 174 m
What to expect
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Dinosaur Point Boat Launch Area: 4.3 mi
- Basalt Day Use Area: 4.3 mi
- San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area: 5.6 mi
- Harry P Schmidt Park: 12.0 mi
- Sherwood Park: 12.2 mi
- Basalt Hill: 5.1 mi
- Red Hill: 6.0 mi
- Spikes Peak: 7.9 mi
- Hagerman Peak: 8.0 mi
- Crevison Peak: 8.6 mi
- Willow Spring: 4.4 mi
- Domengine Spring: 4.6 mi
- Sunburnt Spring: 7.5 mi
- Diamond Spring: 7.8 mi
- Salt Spring: 9.8 mi
- O'Neill Forebay Wildlife Area: 3.5 mi
- San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area: 5.3 mi
- Upper Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area: 6.3 mi
- Pacheco State Park: 7.3 mi
- Volta Wildlife Area: 9.9 mi
- Pacheco Camp: 18.3 mi
- Park Maintenance: 23.9 mi
- Sandy Beach Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- San Ysidro Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Fault Line Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Milliken Museum: 14.1 mi
- Newman City Museum: 16.1 mi
- Double T Acres Ag Museum: 20.2 mi
- San Benito County Historical Society: 23.8 mi
- Matthews House: 24.0 mi
- California Korean War Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Orestimba: 14.5 mi
- San Luis Camp Adobe: 16.3 mi
- Gilroy Hot Springs: 21.2 mi
- Northern California Renaissance Faire: 16.7 mi
- Hollister Family Fun Park: 21.1 mi
- Swank Farms: 21.8 mi
- Pacheco Falls: 17.5 mi
- Robison Falls: 19.7 mi
- Pinto Creek Falls: 22.1 mi
- Dos Amigos Vista Point: 19.0 mi
- John "Chuck" Erreca Northbound Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- John "Chuck" Erreca Southbound Rest Area: 23.4 mi
- North Beach: 2.0 mi
- South Beach: 2.2 mi
- Sunnyslope Garden: 23.5 mi
- Community Garden: 23.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.6 miles of Lower Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laveaga Peak | SSW 198° | 1,145 m | 14.6 mi |
| Potrero Peak | S 190° | 1,132 m | 16.5 mi |
| Henrietta Peak | SSW 211° | 1,095 m | 15.0 mi |
| Reinoso Peak | S 187° | 1,049 m | 18.8 mi |
| Cathedral Peak | SSW 213° | 1,021 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mariposa Peak | SW 215° | 1,001 m | 11.3 mi |
| Antimony Peak | SW 214° | 990 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Ararat | SSW 208° | 981 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:50 | 20:28 |
| September equinox | 06:53 | 18:29 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 07:15 | 16:11 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 52 | 57 | 61 | 68 | 74 | 79 | 78 | 75 | 67 | 55 | 48 |
| Precip in | 2.2 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis DAM, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/320111459
Day trips start here
- Hollister · 24 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 30 mi
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