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Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander Ecological Reserve

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Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander Ecological Reserve from directly overhead

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.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
Getting there

How to reach it

Coordinates36.94828, -121.85525

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Historic sites
Parks
  • 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
Artworks
  • Compass: 1.0 mi
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 4.8 mi
  • Windfalls: 5.1 mi
  • Old Tree: 6.2 mi
  • Totem Pole: 6.5 mi
Attractions
  • 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
Picnic sites
  • 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
Peaks
  • 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
Beaches: 55
Museums: 50
Gardens: 42
  • 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
Springs: 17
  • 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
Waterfalls: 14
  • 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
Cliffs: 11
  • 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
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 11.2 mi
On the horizon

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaN 3°1,154 m11.3 mi
Crystal PeakN 5°1,097 m11.5 mi
Mount UmunhumN 351°1,063 m14.9 mi
Mount ThayerNNW 347°1,061 m15.3 mi
Mount ChualN 6°1,046 m11.9 mi
El SombrosoN 349°917 m16.2 mi
Ralph's MountainNNW 343°828 m14.8 mi
Santa Rosalia MountainN 360°806 m8.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4919:5220:31
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515254565861636364615550
Precip in4.64.04.31.20.90.20.00.00.10.92.14.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville Muni AP, 4 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element relation/7109210

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