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Wilder Ranch State Park

Wilder Ranch State Park from directly overhead

Wilder Ranch State Park is a nature reserve in California, at a modelled elevation of 122 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-northeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sand Hill Bluff, a cliff 1.5 miles away.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
California Department of Parks and Recreation

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.00070, -122.14887
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bald Mountain: 1.7 mi
  • Table Rock: 2.3 mi
  • Namaste Rock: 2.5 mi
  • El Jarro Point: 4.3 mi
  • Bear Mountain: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
Parks
  • Davenport Beach County Park: 2.8 mi
  • Gus Harding Memorial Area: 4.5 mi
  • Shingle Mill Creek: 4.7 mi
  • Moore Creek Open Space: 5.1 mi
  • Felton Deck: 5.5 mi
Artworks
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 4.6 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 4.6 mi
  • Untitled: 4.6 mi
  • Crown Fountain: 5.2 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Lost Camp: 4.9 mi
  • Limestone Kilns: 4.9 mi
  • Powder Magazine: 4.9 mi
  • Barrel Mill (site): 5.4 mi
  • Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 5.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • E: 5.5 mi
  • F: 5.5 mi
  • G: 5.5 mi
  • D: 5.6 mi
  • C: 5.6 mi
Beaches: 55
  • Five Mile Beach: 1.6 mi
  • Red, White and Blue Beach: 2.0 mi
  • Table Rock Beach: 2.3 mi
  • Four Mile Beach: 2.9 mi
  • Three Mile Beach: 3.3 mi
Attractions: 38
  • Wilder Ranch: 4.6 mi
  • Roaring Camp: 5.8 mi
  • Blue Whale Skeleton: 5.8 mi
  • Grey Whale Skeleton: 5.9 mi
  • Monarch Eucalyptus Grove: 6.1 mi
Gardens: 37
Museums: 34
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 15
  • Reggiardo Spring: 3.1 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 5.6 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 6.3 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 7.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 1.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.1 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 6.7 mi
  • Cal Poly Bluffs: 6.7 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 7.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 8.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 6.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Wilder Ranch State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaENE 66°1,154 m18.4 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 51°1,063 m17.7 mi
Mount ThayerNE 48°1,061 m16.9 mi
Mount BielawskiNNE 11°985 m15.7 mi
Castle RockN 10°979 m16.0 mi
The PeakNNE 16°917 m15.7 mi
El SombrosoNE 47°917 m18.0 mi
Lookout TowerN 7°892 m17.1 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:5019:5420:32
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
December solstice07:1916:1616:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 7 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/7087507

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