Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill)
Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill) is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 160 m. Castle Rock stands 979 m to the south-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Barkley Fields and Park, a park 0.5 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- State of California
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Barkley Fields and Park: 0.5 mi
- Stulsaft Park: 1.0 mi
- Easter Bowl: 1.4 mi
- Westwood Park: 1.4 mi
- Maddux Park: 1.4 mi
- Woodside Horses: 0.9 mi
- Crisantemos: 3.3 mi
- Soledad O. De Argüello: 3.3 mi
- Shalom: 3.5 mi
- Under The Wide Sky We Gather: 3.7 mi
- Creekside Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- East Meadow Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- West Meadow Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Oak Picnic Area: 1.9 mi
- Woodside Store: 1.5 mi
- Carriage Room Museum: 2.2 mi
- Bill and Jean Lane Education Center: 2.6 mi
- Domin Hoskins Black History Museum & Learning Center: 3.3 mi
- San Mateo County History Museum: 3.4 mi
- Sand Hill: 2.2 mi
- Eagle Hill: 2.3 mi
- Teague Hill: 2.8 mi
- Skeggs Point: 3.6 mi
- Morena Sierra: 3.7 mi
- Catherine Brennan Memorial Rose Garden: 2.2 mi
- Friendship Park Community Garden: 3.3 mi
- Fruit Garden: 3.6 mi
- Panel Garden: 3.6 mi
- Knot Garden: 3.6 mi
- The Gill Trail: 2.4 mi
- Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite: 2.6 mi
- Town of West Union: 2.6 mi
- City Trees: 2.8 mi
- Sequoia Veterans Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Wunderlich County Park: 2.7 mi
- Huddart County Park: 2.7 mi
- Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve: 2.7 mi
- Phleger Estate: 3.0 mi
- Historic Railroad Station: 4.0 mi
- Stem Cell Research information placards: 4.3 mi
- Significant Events in Cell Biology walkway: 4.3 mi
- Public Bocce Court: 4.4 mi
- El Palo Alto (city’s namesake redwood tree): 4.6 mi
- Martins Beach: 9.7 mi
- Whale Bone Beach: 9.8 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 10.0 mi
- Cowell Ranch Beach: 10.1 mi
- Manhattan Beach: 10.3 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 12.9 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 13.4 mi
- Butano Falls: 14.2 mi
- Butano Falls: 14.2 mi
- Purissima: 9.4 mi
- Stokes Landing: 12.1 mi
- Drawbridge: 15.4 mi
- Russell City: 16.0 mi
- Lexington: 22.4 mi
- Summit Spring: 3.1 mi
- Summit Spring: 3.1 mi
- Spring source: 10.2 mi
- Travertine Springs: 15.3 mi
- Bulls Spring: 16.9 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 15.1 mi
- Underworld Rock: 17.2 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 17.3 mi
- Aramai Point: 17.7 mi
- Chab: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Native Plant Preserve (Kite Hill). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Rock | SSE 150° | 979 m | 17.1 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSE 150° | 892 m | 15.7 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSE 151° | 890 m | 16.8 mi |
| Summit Rock | SSE 148° | 878 m | 16.3 mi |
| Varian Peak | SSE 152° | 873 m | 16.5 mi |
| Black Mountain | SE 146° | 849 m | 10.4 mi |
| Indian Rock | SSE 149° | 817 m | 17.0 mi |
| Turtle Rock | SSE 154° | 812 m | 13.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:55 | 20:34 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
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 | 50 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 63 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 54 | 49 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodside Fire STN 1, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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