Pescadero Creek County Park
Pescadero Creek County Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 308 m. Mount Bielawski stands 985 m to the east-southeast, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cone Cult, a park 1.9 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- County of San Mateo
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- The Cone Cult: 1.9 mi
- Coyote Bowl: 2.2 mi
- Heritage Grove Redwood Preserve: 3.0 mi
- La Honda Store State Historic Landmark: 4.5 mi
- Frog Pond Park: 8.2 mi
- Mount Ellen: 2.3 mi
- Butano Peak: 2.9 mi
- Haskins Hill: 3.4 mi
- Burns Chalks: 3.5 mi
- China Grade: 3.8 mi
- Madrone Day Use Area: 2.4 mi
- Tan Oak Day Use Area: 2.4 mi
- Choctaw Youth Camp: 3.3 mi
- Orchard Glen: 8.6 mi
- Cooley: 10.5 mi
- Towne Trail: 2.9 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 6.9 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Old Corral Day Use Area: 6.9 mi
- Pandemonium Aviaries Sculpture: 10.1 mi
- Long Branch Saloon and Farms: 11.7 mi
- Stone Head: 3.5 mi
- Old Barn: 7.5 mi
- Dialogue: 7.7 mi
- Praying Hands: 10.5 mi
- The Greatest in the Kingdom: 10.6 mi
- Johansen Mill Site: 3.5 mi
- Page Mill Site: 4.1 mi
- Sandy Point Lookout: 4.3 mi
- Audry C. Rust Commemorative Site: 5.1 mi
- Gene Sheehan Overlook: 5.7 mi
- Butano State Park: 4.0 mi
- La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve: 5.2 mi
- Coal Creek Open Space Preserve (closed area): 6.3 mi
- West Waddell Creek State Wilderness: 6.4 mi
- Upper Stevens Creek County Park: 6.7 mi
- David C. Daniels Nature Center: 5.8 mi
- Oil Storage Building: 8.8 mi
- Fog Signal Building: 8.8 mi
- Ohlone Village: 10.5 mi
- Carriage Room Museum: 10.8 mi
- Nature Circle: 6.4 mi
- Community Garden: 8.0 mi
- Education Garden: 8.7 mi
- Native Hill (California Native Habitat Garden): 10.3 mi
- Foothill Horticulture Garden: 10.3 mi
- Sand Beach: 8.2 mi
- Pescadero Beach: 8.3 mi
- Arroyo De Los Frijoles Beach: 8.3 mi
- Pebble Beach: 8.5 mi
- Bean Hollow State Beach: 8.6 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 2.3 mi
- Butano Falls: 3.1 mi
- Butano Falls: 3.1 mi
- Golden Falls: 5.3 mi
- The Cascades: 5.3 mi
- Bulls Spring: 5.1 mi
- Travertine Springs: 6.8 mi
- Spring source: 6.9 mi
- Congress Springs: 11.4 mi
- Summit Spring: 12.1 mi
- Underworld Rock: 9.2 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 9.5 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 10.5 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 10.5 mi
- China Ladder: 12.9 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 17.6 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 24.6 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 24.8 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Pescadero Creek County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Bielawski | ESE 103° | 985 m | 9.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | E 101° | 979 m | 9.3 mi |
| The Peak | ESE 103° | 917 m | 10.8 mi |
| Lookout Tower | E 94° | 892 m | 8.4 mi |
| Goat Rock | ESE 102° | 890 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | ESE 104° | 880 m | 11.0 mi |
| Summit Rock | E 96° | 878 m | 9.0 mi |
| Varian Peak | ESE 102° | 873 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:55 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:58 | 18:33 | 19:08 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 48 | 48 | 50 | 52 | 57 | 64 | 69 | 70 | 68 | 61 | 52 | 47 |
| Precip in | 7.8 | 8.0 | 6.3 | 3.4 | 1.3 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 4.6 | 8.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Skyline Ridge Preserve, 6 mi away.
- California Banana Slug205 obs
- coast redwood83 obs
- Evergreen Huckleberry61 obs
- California fetid adderstongue52 obs
- Redwood Sorrel51 obs
- Pacific trillium49 obs
- Broad-leaved helleborine47 obs
- Ensatina45 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/680470650
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 23 mi
- Capitola · 26 mi
- Aptos · 27 mi
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