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Tarplant Hill

Tarplant Hill from directly overhead

Tarplant Hill is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 23 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 22 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Watsonville Wetlands Watch
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.91123, -121.77646

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Las Brisas Park: 0.3 mi
  • Ramsay Park: 0.4 mi
  • Seaview Ranch Park: 0.4 mi
  • Watsonville Slough: 0.4 mi
  • Struve Slough: 0.5 mi
Attractions
  • Crystal Bay Farm: 3.2 mi
  • Sea otters: 6.7 mi
  • Giant Twins: 7.3 mi
  • Amphitheater: 7.9 mi
  • White deer pen: 8.0 mi
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Lower Shade Ramada: 3.5 mi
  • Azalea: 7.3 mi
  • Lone Maple: 7.3 mi
  • Redwood: 7.7 mi
  • Hilltop: 8.0 mi
Artworks
  • Compass: 5.1 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 5.6 mi
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 5.6 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 6.4 mi
  • Bhuda: 9.0 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 54
Museums: 49
Gardens: 40
  • Bamboo Giant Nursery: 6.5 mi
  • Roses of Yesterday: 7.6 mi
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 9.1 mi
  • Camellia Garden: 10.3 mi
  • Monarch Garden: 10.3 mi
Springs: 24
  • El Pajaro Springs: 9.0 mi
  • Olive Springs: 12.8 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 13.6 mi
  • Badger Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 15.2 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Fairy Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Bonfante Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.6 mi
  • Maple Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Triple Falls: 11.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 7
  • Capitola Bluffs: 10.4 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 14.7 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 14.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 16.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 16.7 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 15.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.4 miles of Tarplant Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNW 345°1,154 m14.3 mi
Crystal PeakNNW 347°1,097 m14.3 mi
Mount UmunhumNNW 339°1,063 m18.5 mi
Mount ThayerNNW 336°1,061 m19.1 mi
Mount ChualNNW 348°1,046 m14.7 mi
Fremont PeakSE 125°966 m18.4 mi
El SombrosoNNW 338°917 m19.9 mi
Larios PeakNE 44°840 m20.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4919:5220:31
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1716:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515254565961636364615651
Precip in4.44.53.61.60.60.10.00.00.11.02.34.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville WTR WKS, 1 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element way/482908539

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