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Pogonip Open Space Preserve

Pogonip Open Space Preserve from directly overhead

Pogonip Open Space Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 75 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is "The Lost Boys" Grandpa's House, a attraction 0.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 29 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Santa Cruz Department of Parks and Recreation
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.99743, -122.04278

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
  • "The Lost Boys" Grandpa's House: 0.3 mi
  • Train Engine: 1.0 mi
  • Williams-Reynolds House: 1.6 mi
  • NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 2.6 mi
  • Undertow: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Redwood Boat: 0.5 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 0.6 mi
  • Crown Fountain: 0.7 mi
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 1.2 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 1.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Haunted Meadow: 0.5 mi
  • Upper Glen Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Friendship Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 1.0 mi
Parks
  • Paradise Park Picnic Grounds: 0.9 mi
  • Harvey West Park: 1.0 mi
  • Kalkar Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pasatiempo: 1.1 mi
  • Carbonera Creek Open Space: 1.4 mi
Peaks
  • Horseback Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 1.8 mi
  • La Corona: 2.6 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 2.8 mi
Beaches: 52
Museums: 51
Gardens: 49
  • Stevenson Garden: 0.5 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 0.5 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • Friendship Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Program in Community Agroecology (PICA): 1.1 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 2.3 mi
  • Ferndell: 3.9 mi
  • Maple Falls: 9.0 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 9.4 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.6 mi
Springs: 16
  • Horse Trough Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 1.1 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 1.4 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 3.8 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 5.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 0.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 0.8 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 1.5 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 1.7 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 5.5 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 3.3 mi
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 3.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 3.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.6 miles of Pogonip Open Space Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 54°1,154 m13.5 mi
Crystal PeakNE 55°1,097 m13.9 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 35°1,063 m13.8 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 31°1,061 m13.4 mi
Mount ChualNE 54°1,046 m14.3 mi
Mount BielawskiN 350°985 m15.8 mi
Castle RockN 350°979 m16.2 mi
El SombrosoNNE 30°917 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element relation/9493107

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