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St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve

St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve from directly overhead

St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 275 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is The Cats, a artwork 0.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District
Access
Permitted

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.20895, -121.98483
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
Peaks
Parks
  • Pageant Grounds: 0.8 mi
  • Town Plaza Park: 0.9 mi
  • Bachman Park: 1.4 mi
  • Oak Meadow Park: 1.9 mi
  • Blossom Hill Park: 2.3 mi
Museums
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Gateway Pavilion: 2.0 mi
  • Blossom Valley Group Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
  • Meadowbrook Group Area: 2.1 mi
  • Meadowbrook Group Area: 2.1 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 2.3 mi
Gardens
  • Italianate Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 3.5 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 4.4 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 5.1 mi
  • Life Lab: 5.9 mi
Beaches: 54
Springs: 25
  • Cherry Springs: 4.2 mi
  • Congress Springs: 4.6 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 8.8 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 9.5 mi
  • Badger Spring: 9.8 mi
Waterfalls: 25
  • Castle Rock Falls: 6.7 mi
  • Gerow's Waterfall: 10.2 mi
  • Peter's Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Ferndell: 11.7 mi
  • Maple Falls: 12.2 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 6.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 15.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 15.1 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 17.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 17.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 18.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.2 miles of St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSE 131°1,154 m10.3 mi
Crystal PeakSE 129°1,097 m10.5 mi
Mount UmunhumSE 125°1,063 m5.8 mi
Mount ThayerSE 131°1,061 m4.8 mi
Mount ChualSE 127°1,046 m10.4 mi
Mount BielawskiW 279°985 m6.0 mi
Castle RockWNW 283°979 m6.3 mi
El SombrosoESE 117°917 m4.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/38794352

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