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Quail Hollow Ecological Reserve

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Quail Hollow Ecological Reserve from directly overhead

Quail Hollow Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 156 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Quail Hollow Ranch Park, a park 0.2 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates37.08144, -122.06269
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Quail Hollow Ranch Park: 0.2 mi
  • Highlands Park: 1.1 mi
  • Ben Lomond County Park: 1.6 mi
  • Lompico Park: 1.7 mi
  • Mission Springs Camps & Conference Center: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Eagle Dell Peak: 1.7 mi
  • Madrone Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Hermon: 2.6 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 2.7 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 3.7 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 2.0 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 5.7 mi
  • Kresge Garden: 5.9 mi
  • Stevenson Garden: 6.0 mi
Picnic sites
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
  • A1: 2.8 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Powder Magazine: 2.5 mi
  • Limestone Kilns: 2.5 mi
  • Barrel Mill (site): 2.5 mi
  • Lost Camp: 3.0 mi
  • Swamp House: 4.4 mi
Artworks
Beaches: 55
  • Cable Car Beach: 3.5 mi
  • Five Mile Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Santa Cruz Main Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Red, White and Blue Beach: 8.6 mi
  • Cowell Beach: 8.6 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Ferndell: 2.1 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 4.4 mi
  • Maple Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Scott Creek Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Castle Rock Falls: 10.3 mi
Springs: 15
  • Old Growth Spring: 2.1 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 2.1 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 5.4 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 5.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.7 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 7.4 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 7.6 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 9.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 9.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 9.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Quail Hollow Ecological Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaE 80°1,154 m12.2 mi
Mount UmunhumENE 59°1,063 m10.5 mi
Mount ThayerNE 54°1,061 m9.7 mi
Mount BielawskiN 350°985 m9.9 mi
Castle RockN 350°979 m10.3 mi
The PeakN 357°917 m9.5 mi
El SombrosoNE 51°917 m10.7 mi
Lookout TowerNNW 347°892 m11.7 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, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/7058497

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