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Pacheco State Park

Pacheco State Park from directly overhead

Pacheco State Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 434 m. Laveaga Peak stands 1,145 m to the south, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Spikes Peak, a peak 0.9 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

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Coordinates37.04634, -121.21464
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area: 2.1 mi
  • Dinosaur Point Boat Launch Area: 3.0 mi
  • Basalt Day Use Area: 8.2 mi
  • Santana Ranch Park: 16.3 mi
  • Frank Klauer Memorial Park: 16.3 mi
Attractions: 34
  • Northern California Renaissance Faire: 9.5 mi
  • Hollister Family Fun Park: 14.0 mi
  • Swank Farms: 14.9 mi
  • Hollister Hills SVRA Upper Ranch: 22.1 mi
  • St. Francis Retreat: 22.2 mi
Springs: 31
  • Diamond Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Sunburnt Spring: 1.2 mi
  • Willow Spring: 6.4 mi
  • Domengine Spring: 8.2 mi
  • Jack Sturla Spring: 9.9 mi
Nature reserves: 24
Picnic sites: 20
  • Pacheco Camp: 13.4 mi
  • Park Maintenance: 17.5 mi
  • Sandy Beach Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • San Ysidro Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
  • Anglers Cove Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Historic sites: 12
Gardens: 11
  • Community Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Sunnyslope Garden: 17.0 mi
  • Garden Essential: 19.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 19.7 mi
  • Claudia's Garden: 23.0 mi
Museums: 11
  • San Benito County Historical Society: 17.1 mi
  • Matthews House: 17.3 mi
  • Gilroy Museum: 19.9 mi
  • Saddle Association Museum: 19.9 mi
  • Milliken Museum: 20.4 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Pacheco Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Robison Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Pinto Creek Falls: 20.1 mi
  • Bonfante Falls: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Dos Amigos Vista Point: 23.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.7 miles of Pacheco State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laveaga PeakS 169°1,145 m11.0 mi
Potrero PeakSSE 165°1,132 m13.6 mi
Henrietta PeakS 186°1,095 m9.8 mi
Reinoso PeakSSE 164°1,049 m16.1 mi
Cathedral PeakS 174°1,021 m5.9 mi
Mariposa PeakS 179°1,001 m6.2 mi
Antimony PeakS 188°990 m8.1 mi
Mount AraratSSE 160°981 m5.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:4619:5020:29
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1516:1216:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257616874797875675548
Precip in2.22.01.60.50.70.20.00.00.00.51.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis DAM, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Padre's Shooting Star64 obs
  • California Golden Violet58 obs
  • California poppy46 obs
  • Wapiti43 obs
  • checkerbloom42 obs
  • Ithuriel's Spear38 obs
  • blue dicks32 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk28 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/38411211

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