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Pace Family Wilderness Park

Pace Family Wilderness Park from directly overhead

Pace Family Wilderness Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 195 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Quail Hollow Ranch Park, a park 0.9 miles away.

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Coordinates37.09488, -122.06942
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Quail Hollow Ranch Park: 0.9 mi
  • Lompico Park: 1.2 mi
  • Highlands Park: 1.2 mi
  • Ben Lomond County Park: 1.2 mi
  • Loch Lomond City Recreation Area: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Eagle Dell Peak: 0.9 mi
  • Madrone Hill: 1.8 mi
  • Mt. Radin: 2.7 mi
  • Hermit Knob: 2.9 mi
  • Mount Hermon: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 1.2 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
Historic sites
  • Barrel Mill (site): 2.6 mi
  • Powder Magazine: 2.9 mi
  • Limestone Kilns: 2.9 mi
  • Lost Camp: 3.1 mi
  • Swamp House: 3.5 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 6.2 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 6.7 mi
  • Kresge Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Stevenson Garden: 6.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Beaches: 55
  • Cable Car Beach: 4.5 mi
  • Five Mile Beach: 9.1 mi
  • Red, White and Blue Beach: 9.2 mi
  • Table Rock Beach: 9.4 mi
  • Four Mile Beach: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 24
  • Ferndell: 3.0 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Scott Creek Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Castle Rock Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Sempervirens Falls: 9.8 mi
Springs: 15
  • Old Growth Spring: 2.8 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 3.1 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 6.4 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 6.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.7 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 8.3 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 8.6 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 9.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 10.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 10.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 10.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Pace Family Wilderness Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaE 85°1,154 m12.5 mi
Mount UmunhumENE 64°1,063 m10.4 mi
Mount ThayerENE 60°1,061 m9.5 mi
Mount BielawskiN 352°985 m9.0 mi
Castle RockN 351°979 m9.4 mi
The PeakN 359°917 m8.6 mi
El SombrosoENE 57°917 m10.5 mi
Lookout TowerNNW 348°892 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:55

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, under a mile away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/7058498

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