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Marywood Preserve

Marywood Preserve from directly overhead

Marywood Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 348 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Tunnel South Portal, a historic site 0.4 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.11062, -121.97829
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Laurel Tunnel South Portal: 0.4 mi
  • Glenwood: 0.5 mi
  • Patchen (historic): 2.2 mi
  • Mountain Charlie Historical Marker: 2.3 mi
  • Alma: 5.2 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Nature reserves
Parks
  • West Glenwood Preserve: 2.9 mi
  • Friendship Park: 3.2 mi
  • Glenwood Meadows: 3.2 mi
  • Siltanen Community Park: 3.2 mi
  • Joe's Top of the Hill Memorial Park: 3.8 mi
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 4.0 mi
  • Ksitigarbha Garden: 7.3 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 7.9 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 8.7 mi
  • Stevenson Garden: 8.9 mi
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 4.8 mi
Museums
Beaches: 50
Waterfalls: 25
  • Ferndell: 6.1 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Maple Falls: 6.4 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 7.7 mi
Springs: 22
  • Old Growth Spring: 3.6 mi
  • Badger Spring: 4.1 mi
  • Olive Springs: 4.9 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 5.1 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 5.8 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 8.9 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 8.9 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 9.6 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 9.6 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 9.9 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 10.4 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 11.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 12.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of Marywood Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaE 90°1,154 m7.4 mi
Crystal PeakE 89°1,097 m7.9 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 52°1,063 m5.6 mi
Mount ThayerNE 41°1,061 m4.9 mi
Mount ChualE 86°1,046 m8.0 mi
Mount BielawskiNW 321°985 m10.0 mi
Castle RockNW 322°979 m10.4 mi
El SombrosoNE 38°917 m6.0 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 solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/9430758

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