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Quail Hollow Quarry Conservation Areas

Quail Hollow Quarry Conservation Areas from directly overhead

Quail Hollow Quarry Conservation Areas is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 219 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Quail Hollow Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve 0.7 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Cruz, County of
Access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.07140, -122.06493
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Parks
  • Quail Hollow Ranch Park: 0.9 mi
  • Highlands Park: 1.1 mi
  • Felton Covered Bridge Park: 1.4 mi
  • Felton Deck: 1.4 mi
  • Covered Bridge Equestrian Center: 1.6 mi
Attractions
Museums
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 1.9 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 4.6 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 5.1 mi
  • Kresge Garden: 5.2 mi
  • Stevenson Garden: 5.3 mi
Peaks
  • Mount Hermon: 2.0 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 2.1 mi
  • Eagle Dell Peak: 2.4 mi
  • Madrone Hill: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 3.2 mi
Historic sites
  • Limestone Kilns: 2.0 mi
  • Powder Magazine: 2.0 mi
  • Barrel Mill (site): 2.3 mi
  • Lost Camp: 2.7 mi
  • Swamp House: 4.8 mi
Picnic sites
  • A1: 2.1 mi
  • A: 2.1 mi
  • F: 2.2 mi
  • E: 2.2 mi
  • G: 2.2 mi
Artworks
  • Crown Fountain: 5.0 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 5.2 mi
  • Redwood Boat: 5.2 mi
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 5.3 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 5.3 mi
Beaches: 55
  • Cable Car Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Five Mile Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Red, White and Blue Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Santa Cruz Main Beach: 7.9 mi
  • Cowell Beach: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Ferndell: 1.4 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Maple Falls: 9.6 mi
  • Scott Creek Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 10.5 mi
Springs: 15
  • Redwood Springs: 1.5 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 4.5 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.8 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 5.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.1 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 6.7 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 7.0 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 8.0 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 8.4 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 8.5 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 8.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Quail Hollow Quarry Conservation Areas. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaENE 77°1,154 m12.5 mi
Crystal PeakENE 77°1,097 m13.0 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 56°1,063 m11.0 mi
Mount ThayerNE 51°1,061 m10.3 mi
Mount BielawskiN 352°985 m10.6 mi
Castle RockN 351°979 m11.0 mi
The PeakN 358°917 m10.2 mi
El SombrosoNE 49°917 m11.3 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 solstice07:1916:1516:55

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.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/479614607

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