Máyyan 'Ooyákma – Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve
Máyyan 'Ooyákma – Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 155 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the north-northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Field Sports Park, a park 0.8 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Field Sports Park: 0.8 mi
- Metcalf Motorcycle County Park: 1.8 mi
- The Paseo: 2.8 mi
- Metcalf Park: 2.9 mi
- Avenida Espana Park: 3.1 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 1.0 mi
- Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority (Closed): 1.7 mi
- Fisher Creek Conservation Easement: 1.8 mi
- Tulare Hill Ecological Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Tulare Hill Conservation Area: 2.5 mi
- Coyote Ranch: 1.2 mi
- Sycamore Rest Area: 1.4 mi
- Eucalyptus Rest Area: 2.3 mi
- Picnic Site: 2.9 mi
- Pueblo Day Use Area: 4.0 mi
- Spreckels Hill: 1.7 mi
- Tulare Hill: 2.3 mi
- Coyote Peak: 3.4 mi
- Laurel Hill: 4.2 mi
- Mount Misery: 4.5 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 3.7 mi
- Memorial for Ann Sobrato: 4.4 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 6.2 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument: 6.4 mi
- J. J. Montgomery Monument - "Soaring Flight": 6.7 mi
- Bird's Eye View: 6.8 mi
- Discoveries: 8.3 mi
- Discoveries: 8.3 mi
- Discoveries: 8.3 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 8.6 mi
- Community & Cultural Center: 7.0 mi
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 9.6 mi
- Little Dipper: 10.0 mi
- Slide Creek Falls: 10.0 mi
- Shotgun Falls: 10.1 mi
- Morgan Hill Community Garden: 8.4 mi
- Rose Garden: 8.6 mi
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 9.7 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 12.2 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 12.3 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 3.7 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 4.6 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 6.2 mi
- Morgan Hill Museum: 6.2 mi
- Villa Mira Monte: 6.3 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 4.5 mi
- Willow Spring: 8.2 mi
- Blackberry Spring: 8.8 mi
- Willow Tree Spring: 9.1 mi
- Pajahuello Spring: 9.4 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 20.0 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 20.1 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 20.2 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 20.2 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 21.1 mi
- Lower Falls: 9.8 mi
- Granuja Falls: 10.0 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 10.2 mi
- Triple Falls: 10.3 mi
- Basin Falls: 10.4 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 20.2 mi
- The Bluff: 20.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 20.8 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 20.9 mi
- Underworld Rock: 21.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 22.6 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 23.6 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Máyyan 'Ooyákma – Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | NNE 27° | 1,327 m | 10.4 mi |
| Observatory Peak | NNE 24° | 1,298 m | 9.7 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | NNE 27° | 1,295 m | 10.4 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | NNE 25° | 1,286 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NNE 24° | 1,279 m | 9.7 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | NNE 25° | 1,276 m | 9.8 mi |
| Mount Isabel | NNE 33° | 1,275 m | 9.4 mi |
| Galileo Peak | NNE 25° | 1,273 m | 10.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 44 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 72 | 67 | 59 | 49 | 43 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 2.2 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 3.0 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Hamilton, 10 mi away.
- California poppy242 obs
- jeweled onion207 obs
- Purple Sanicle188 obs
- dot-seed plantain171 obs
- western blue-eyed grass163 obs
- Sea Muilla148 obs
- redmaids148 obs
- San Francisco wallflower144 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/1131174844
Day trips start here
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- Watsonville · 20 mi
- Capitola · 21 mi
- Santa Cruz · 24 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 27 mi
- Moss Landing · 29 mi
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