Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander Ecological Reserve
Marked no entry. Do not count on getting in.
Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander Ecological Reserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 43 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is La Selva Open Space, a nature reserve 0.6 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 24 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- California Department of Fish and Wildlife
How to reach it
- 24.4 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 26 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- La Selva Open Space: 0.6 mi
- La Selva Open Space: 0.7 mi
- Seascape Uplands Preserve: 0.7 mi
- La Selva Open Space: 0.8 mi
- La Selva Open Space: 0.9 mi
- First High Altitude Aeroplane Flights: 0.7 mi
- Night Fighter: 6.5 mi
- Bridge Creek Historic Site: 7.1 mi
- Bear Enclosure: 8.7 mi
- Harvey West Historic Structure: 8.9 mi
- Triangle Park: 0.8 mi
- Seascape Park: 1.0 mi
- Place De Mer Park: 1.3 mi
- Trestle at Hidden Beach: 1.5 mi
- Manresa State Beach - Soquel Creek Water District: 1.8 mi
- Compass: 1.0 mi
- Cabrillo Gallery: 4.8 mi
- Windfalls: 5.1 mi
- Old Tree: 6.2 mi
- Totem Pole: 6.5 mi
- Crystal Bay Farm: 2.5 mi
- S. S. Palo Alto: 3.6 mi
- Capitola Wharf: 5.6 mi
- Capitola Wharf: 5.7 mi
- Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 6.0 mi
- Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 3.7 mi
- Pourroy Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
- George's Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
- Special Events Ramada: 4.8 mi
- Lower Shade Ramada: 4.9 mi
- Tarplant Hill: 5.0 mi
- Bean Hill: 5.2 mi
- Sand Point: 7.7 mi
- Mount Massiah: 8.2 mi
- Lone Tree Prairie: 8.4 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 1.7 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 2.6 mi
- Sunset State Beach: 4.3 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 4.5 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 4.7 mi
- Aptos History Museum: 3.7 mi
- Cabrillo College Gallery: 4.9 mi
- Capitola Historical Museum: 5.7 mi
- William H Volck Museum: 6.1 mi
- Pajaro Valley Historical Association: 6.2 mi
- Bamboo Giant Nursery: 2.6 mi
- Tiger Lily Garden: 4.1 mi
- Ksitigarbha Garden: 6.1 mi
- Roses of Yesterday: 6.3 mi
- afe native plant garden: 9.0 mi
- Olive Springs: 8.4 mi
- Badger Spring: 9.6 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 9.7 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 10.2 mi
- Dodero Spring: 11.0 mi
- Fairy Falls: 6.1 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 7.0 mi
- Maple Falls: 7.2 mi
- Upper Falls: 9.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 9.6 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 5.4 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 9.8 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 9.9 mi
- Upper Quarry: 11.7 mi
- Upper Quarry: 11.7 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 8.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 9.5 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 22.2 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 13.9 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 13.9 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander Ecological Reserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | N 3° | 1,154 m | 11.3 mi |
| Crystal Peak | N 5° | 1,097 m | 11.5 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | N 351° | 1,063 m | 14.9 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NNW 347° | 1,061 m | 15.3 mi |
| Mount Chual | N 6° | 1,046 m | 11.9 mi |
| El Sombroso | N 349° | 917 m | 16.2 mi |
| Ralph's Mountain | NNW 343° | 828 m | 14.8 mi |
| Santa Rosalia Mountain | N 360° | 806 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville Muni AP, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/7109210
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 4 mi
- Watsonville · 5 mi
- Capitola · 6 mi
- Santa Cruz · 10 mi
- Moss Landing · 11 mi
- Marina · 18 mi
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