Nature reserve · California
Worcester Park
Worcester Park is a nature reserve in California, at a recorded elevation of 135 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Eolian, a artwork 0.7 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 135 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- Town of Los Gatos
How to reach it
Coordinates37.22187, -121.96644
Named places within 25 miles
Artworks
- Eolian: 0.7 mi
- Portals and Passages: 0.7 mi
- The Cats: 1.3 mi
- Fuel Tank: 4.8 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 5.3 mi
Parks
- Pageant Grounds: 0.7 mi
- Town Plaza Park: 1.0 mi
- Blossom Hill Park: 1.0 mi
- Oak Meadow Park: 1.1 mi
- Bachman Park: 1.2 mi
Historic sites
- George & Ruth Barati: 0.7 mi
- Flame of Liberty: 0.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 0.7 mi
- Forbes Flour Mill: 0.8 mi
- Shir Hadash Memorial Garden: 0.9 mi
Museums
- New Museum of Los Gatos: 0.7 mi
- Forbes Mill Museum: 0.8 mi
- Saratoga Historical Park: 4.3 mi
- Campbell Historical Museum: 4.7 mi
- Youth Science Institute Sanborn: 5.4 mi
Picnic sites
- Gateway Pavilion: 1.0 mi
- Blossom Valley Group Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Meadowbrook Group Area: 1.2 mi
- Meadowbrook Group Area: 1.2 mi
- Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
Attractions
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 1.1 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 3.4 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 4.1 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 4.6 mi
- Municipal Rose Garden: 7.9 mi
Peaks
- Saint Josephs Hill: 1.3 mi
- Priest Rock: 1.8 mi
- Collords Peak: 2.0 mi
- Blossom Hill: 2.2 mi
- El Sereno: 3.1 mi
Nature reserves
- St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve: 1.3 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 1.6 mi
- Heintz Open Space: 2.3 mi
- Santa Rosa Openspace: 2.6 mi
- McAbee Entry: 4.7 mi
Gardens
- Phelan Cacti Garden: 3.8 mi
- Italianate Garden: 3.8 mi
- Saratoga Community Garden: 4.5 mi
- Hakone Gardens: 4.7 mi
- Life Lab: 5.4 mi
Beaches: 53
- Cable Car Beach: 14.1 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 17.0 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 17.0 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 17.3 mi
- Capitola Beach: 17.3 mi
Springs: 25
- Cherry Springs: 3.7 mi
- Congress Springs: 5.1 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 9.4 mi
- Travertine Springs: 9.7 mi
- Badger Spring: 10.3 mi
Waterfalls: 25
- Castle Rock Falls: 7.6 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 10.8 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 12.0 mi
- Maple Falls: 12.7 mi
- Ferndell: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Lyme Disease Rock: 6.9 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 7.0 mi
- Underworld Rock: 7.2 mi
- Upper Quarry: 16.2 mi
- Upper Quarry: 16.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 13.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 13.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 18.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 19.0 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Worcester Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | SE 139° | 1,154 m | 10.2 mi |
| Crystal Peak | SE 136° | 1,097 m | 10.4 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | SE 139° | 1,063 m | 5.6 mi |
| Mount Thayer | SSE 147° | 1,061 m | 4.8 mi |
| Mount Chual | SE 134° | 1,046 m | 10.2 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | W 271° | 985 m | 7.0 mi |
| Castle Rock | W 274° | 979 m | 7.1 mi |
| El Sombroso | SE 134° | 917 m | 4.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, under a mile away.
- Black-crowned Night Heron589 obs
- Canada Goose552 obs
- American Coot505 obs
- Mallard460 obs
- Pied-billed Grebe458 obs
- California Newt441 obs
- Green Heron381 obs
- Western Bluebird340 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/32270809
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