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Uvas Canyon County Park

Uvas Canyon County Park from directly overhead

Uvas Canyon County Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 653 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northwest, 3.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Triple Falls, a waterfall 0.3 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Clara County Parks
Access
Permitted

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.07635, -121.79867
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Black Oak Group Area: 0.6 mi
  • Cottle Rest Site: 6.1 mi
  • Fish Camp Rest Site: 6.3 mi
  • Redwood: 6.5 mi
  • Hilltop: 6.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Artworks
Gardens
  • Roses of Yesterday: 3.9 mi
  • Bamboo Giant Nursery: 6.8 mi
  • Ksitigarbha Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 8.7 mi
  • Morgan Hill Community Garden: 9.5 mi
Attractions
  • Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 5.8 mi
  • White deer pen: 6.8 mi
  • Amphitheater: 6.8 mi
  • Miller House: 6.9 mi
  • Giant Twins: 7.7 mi
Historic sites
Parks
  • Aldridge Lane Park: 6.2 mi
  • Valencia Hall Park: 6.7 mi
  • Bert Scott Estate Park: 7.2 mi
  • Oak del Park: 7.3 mi
  • Scott Park: 7.5 mi
Museums
Beaches: 42
Springs: 39
Waterfalls: 17
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 10
  • Capitola Bluffs: 10.8 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 14.4 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 14.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 15.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 15.3 mi
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 13.8 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 15.3 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 16.8 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of Uvas Canyon County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNW 314°1,154 m3.5 mi
Crystal PeakNW 321°1,097 m3.3 mi
Mount UmunhumNW 316°1,063 m8.0 mi
Mount ThayerNW 312°1,061 m9.0 mi
Mount ChualNNW 327°1,046 m3.5 mi
El SombrosoNW 319°917 m9.4 mi
Nesbit RidgeENE 74°850.7 m15.3 mi
Ralph's MountainNW 305°828 m9.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5220:31
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1816:1416:54

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, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Convergent Lady Beetle107 obs
  • Button's Banana Slug86 obs
  • Red larkspur60 obs
  • Pacific madrone53 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower50 obs
  • western heart's ease47 obs
  • milkmaids44 obs
  • Tanoak42 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/1417971699

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