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Randall Morgan Sandhills

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Randall Morgan Sandhills from directly overhead

Randall Morgan Sandhills is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 212 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Olympia Watershed, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates37.06073, -122.04793
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Attractions
Parks
  • Mission Springs Camps & Conference Center: 0.8 mi
  • Skypark: 1.0 mi
  • Michael Gray Field Park: 1.2 mi
  • Skypark: 1.3 mi
  • Felton Covered Bridge Park: 1.4 mi
Museums
Peaks
  • Mount Hermon: 1.0 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 2.0 mi
  • Eagle Dell Peak: 3.2 mi
  • Madrone Hill: 3.3 mi
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 1.2 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 4.3 mi
  • Stevenson Garden: 4.5 mi
  • Kresge Garden: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • A1: 1.6 mi
  • A: 1.6 mi
  • B: 1.6 mi
  • F: 1.6 mi
  • G: 1.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Limestone Kilns: 2.7 mi
  • Powder Magazine: 2.7 mi
  • Barrel Mill (site): 3.3 mi
  • Lost Camp: 3.6 mi
  • Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 4.1 mi
Artworks
  • Crown Fountain: 4.2 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 4.4 mi
  • Redwood Boat: 4.4 mi
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 4.6 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 4.7 mi
Beaches: 55
Waterfalls: 25
  • Ferndell: 1.0 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.6 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 9.5 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.3 mi
Springs: 15
  • Redwood Springs: 0.7 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 3.8 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 4.2 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 5.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 4.3 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 5.8 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 6.1 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 8.1 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 7.4 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 7.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Randall Morgan Sandhills. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaENE 73°1,154 m11.7 mi
Crystal PeakENE 73°1,097 m12.2 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 50°1,063 m10.7 mi
Mount ThayerNE 45°1,061 m10.0 mi
Mount ChualENE 71°1,046 m12.5 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 347°985 m11.5 mi
Castle RockNNW 347°979 m11.9 mi
The PeakN 353°917 m11.0 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, 3 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/7058431

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