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Mount Madonna County Park

Mount Madonna County Park from directly overhead

Mount Madonna County Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 248 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller House, a attraction 0.9 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Clara County Parks and Recreation Department

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.00947, -121.68797
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • Miller House: 0.9 mi
  • White deer pen: 1.0 mi
  • Giant Twins: 1.1 mi
  • Amphitheater: 1.1 mi
  • Kirgan Cellars: 2.1 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites
  • Lone Maple: 1.1 mi
  • Azalea: 1.1 mi
  • Hilltop: 1.1 mi
  • Redwood: 1.4 mi
  • Milias Group Picnic Area: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
Artworks
  • Fat Bhuda: 4.0 mi
  • Bhuda: 4.1 mi
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 6.6 mi
  • Compass: 11.0 mi
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 13.2 mi
Historic sites
Museums: 46
Gardens: 42
  • Monarch Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Holly Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Camellia Garden: 3.2 mi
  • South County Backroads Garden: 3.2 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 3.3 mi
Beaches: 42
Springs: 36
  • El Pajaro Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 12.3 mi
  • Olive Springs: 13.2 mi
  • Badger Spring: 13.5 mi
  • Spike Jones Spring: 14.4 mi
Waterfalls: 13
  • Bonfante Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Triple Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 6
  • Capitola Bluffs: 14.5 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 19.0 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 19.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 20.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 20.4 mi
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 17.7 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 19.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 20.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Mount Madonna County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNW 309°1,154 m11.1 mi
Crystal PeakNW 311°1,097 m10.9 mi
Mount UmunhumNW 312°1,063 m15.6 mi
Mount ThayerNW 310°1,061 m16.6 mi
Mount ChualNW 313°1,046 m11.0 mi
Mount SizerNE 34°998 m17.1 mi
El SombrosoNW 314°917 m16.9 mi
Middle RidgeNNE 30°884 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5220:30
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1716:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586367717169635549
Precip in4.54.32.61.30.60.10.00.00.00.91.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gilroy, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/16662062

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