Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve
Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 206 m. Black Mountain stands 849 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Crestview Park, a park 0.6 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
- Access
- Permitted
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Crestview Park: 0.6 mi
- Big Canyon Park: 1.0 mi
- Eaton Park: 1.1 mi
- North Crestview Park: 1.1 mi
- Filoli Estate: 1.1 mi
- Bill and Jean Lane Education Center: 0.8 mi
- Museum of San Carlos History: 2.7 mi
- Hiller Aviation Museum: 3.2 mi
- Woodside Store: 3.4 mi
- San Mateo County History Museum: 3.5 mi
- Edgewood Park and Nature Preserve: 0.9 mi
- Hidden Canyon Park: 1.8 mi
- Waterdog Lake Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Phleger Estate: 2.5 mi
- Huddart County Park: 2.8 mi
- Chartes Garden: 1.1 mi
- Knot Garden: 1.1 mi
- Panel Garden: 1.1 mi
- Rose Garden: 1.1 mi
- Walled Garden: 1.1 mi
- Town of West Union: 1.2 mi
- Gaspar de Portolá Expedition Campsite: 1.2 mi
- Pulgas Water Temple: 1.4 mi
- City Trees: 2.5 mi
- Len Turner Memorial Vista Point: 2.8 mi
- Brittan Knoll: 2.2 mi
- Belmont Hill: 2.4 mi
- Eagle Hill: 2.7 mi
- Kings Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Lunch Area 2: 2.2 mi
- Lunch Area 1: 2.3 mi
- Sequoia Youth Group Area`: 2.7 mi
- Redwood Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
- Buckeye Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
- Crisantemos: 3.3 mi
- Soledad O. De Argüello: 3.4 mi
- Shalom: 3.5 mi
- Woodside Horses: 4.1 mi
- Mirror Labyrinth NY - for California: 4.3 mi
- Public Bocce Court: 4.1 mi
- Wing Lam gravesite: 4.7 mi
- Historic Railroad Station: 6.3 mi
- Lemos Farm: 6.3 mi
- Kite Surfing Windsock: 6.7 mi
- Aardvark Beach: 7.9 mi
- Coyote Point Beach: 7.9 mi
- Poplar Beach: 8.5 mi
- Francis Beach: 8.5 mi
- Elmar Beach: 8.5 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 14.7 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 16.1 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 16.3 mi
- Butano Falls: 16.4 mi
- Butano Falls: 16.4 mi
- Summit Spring: 3.7 mi
- Summit Spring: 3.7 mi
- Spring source: 13.5 mi
- Travertine Springs: 18.5 mi
- Bulls Spring: 19.8 mi
- Purissima: 8.5 mi
- Stokes Landing: 11.3 mi
- Russell City: 14.9 mi
- Drawbridge: 17.5 mi
- Lynn: 22.6 mi
- Aramai Point: 14.4 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 18.4 mi
- Chab: 19.7 mi
- Underworld Rock: 20.4 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 20.6 mi
- Yerba Buena Island Lighthouse: 23.1 mi
- Quarters A: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Pulgas Ridge Open Space Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | SE 144° | 849 m | 13.7 mi |
| Turtle Rock | SSE 151° | 812 m | 16.6 mi |
| Borel Hill | SSE 155° | 766 m | 12.1 mi |
| Morena Sierra | S 190° | 731 m | 4.8 mi |
| China Grade | SSE 167° | 719 m | 18.7 mi |
| Allen Lookout | S 181° | 708 m | 6.3 mi |
| Skeggs Point | S 189° | 703 m | 4.7 mi |
| Langley Hill | SSE 163° | 677 m | 10.6 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 | 62 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Redwood City, 3 mi away.
- Warrior's Plume1,460 obs
- Western Fence Lizard1,250 obs
- Pacific hound's tongue1,240 obs
- Mule Deer948 obs
- orange bush monkeyflower936 obs
- White Globe Lily927 obs
- western blue-eyed grass883 obs
- Henderson's shooting star882 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.
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