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Upper Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area

Upper Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area from directly overhead

Upper Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 389 m. Laveaga Peak stands 1,145 m to the south, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area, a park 1.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
389 m
Visiting

What to expect

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.08304, -121.21007
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • San Luis Reservoir Wildlife Area: 1.1 mi
  • Dinosaur Point Boat Launch Area: 2.7 mi
  • Basalt Day Use Area: 8.6 mi
  • Harry P Schmidt Park: 16.0 mi
  • Sherwood Park: 16.2 mi
Peaks
Attractions: 33
  • Northern California Renaissance Faire: 10.9 mi
  • Hollister Family Fun Park: 16.0 mi
  • Swank Farms: 16.9 mi
  • Banana Split: 23.6 mi
  • Strawberry Sundae: 23.6 mi
Springs: 30
  • Diamond Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Sunburnt Spring: 3.7 mi
  • Willow Spring: 7.2 mi
  • Domengine Spring: 8.7 mi
  • Jack Sturla Spring: 9.5 mi
Nature reserves: 25
Picnic sites: 20
  • Pacheco Camp: 12.5 mi
  • Park Maintenance: 17.6 mi
  • Sandy Beach Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
  • San Ysidro Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
  • Fault Line Picnic Area: 18.5 mi
Museums: 14
  • Newman City Museum: 19.1 mi
  • San Benito County Historical Society: 19.3 mi
  • Matthews House: 19.5 mi
  • Milliken Museum: 20.2 mi
  • Gilroy Museum: 20.6 mi
Historic sites: 13
Gardens: 11
  • Community Garden: 19.1 mi
  • Sunnyslope Garden: 19.3 mi
  • Garden Essential: 20.4 mi
  • Rose Garden: 22.2 mi
  • Morgan Hill Community Garden: 23.3 mi
Waterfalls: 4
  • Pacheco Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Robison Falls: 16.1 mi
  • Pinto Creek Falls: 18.2 mi
  • Bonfante Falls: 23.8 mi
Beaches: 2
Artworks: 1
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 20.5 mi
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1
  • Dos Amigos Vista Point: 24.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Upper Cottonwood Creek Wildlife Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Laveaga PeakS 172°1,145 m13.4 mi
Potrero PeakSSE 168°1,132 m16.0 mi
Henrietta PeakS 186°1,095 m12.4 mi
Cathedral PeakS 178°1,021 m8.5 mi
Mariposa PeakS 181°1,001 m8.7 mi
Antimony PeakS 187°990 m10.6 mi
Mount AraratSSE 168°981 m8.2 mi
Santa Ana MountainSSW 192°931 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:0918:4319:17
June solstice05:4619:5020:29
September equinox06:5318:2919:03
December solstice07:1516:1116:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F485257616874797875675548
Precip in2.22.01.60.50.70.20.00.00.00.51.01.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Luis DAM, 9 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1380127077

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