Almaden Meadows
Almaden Meadows is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 99 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the south-southeast, 8.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Almaden Meadows Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 99 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Almaden Meadows Hill: 0.0 mi
- Lone Hill: 2.1 mi
- Blossom Hill: 2.3 mi
- One Tree Hill: 2.6 mi
- El Sombroso: 3.3 mi
- McAbee Entry: 0.5 mi
- Santa Rosa Openspace: 1.9 mi
- Heintz Open Space: 2.4 mi
- Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 3.2 mi
- Hicks/Wood Entrance: 3.4 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 0.8 mi
- Fuel Tank: 1.8 mi
- Bird's Eye View: 4.6 mi
- Eolian: 5.2 mi
- Portals and Passages: 5.2 mi
- Jeffrey Fontana Park: 0.8 mi
- Parma Park: 0.8 mi
- TJ Martin Park: 0.9 mi
- Guadalupe Oak Grove Park: 1.1 mi
- Almaden Winery Park: 1.2 mi
- Arroyo Picnic Site: 1.4 mi
- quicksilver picnic area: 1.4 mi
- Ohlone Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- southpoint Picnic area: 1.4 mi
- Peppertree: 1.4 mi
- The Pfeiffer Stone House: 1.9 mi
- Gina "Frogquist" Grove: 1.9 mi
- The Buena Vista: 3.3 mi
- April Tunnel Trestle: 3.5 mi
- Mine: 3.8 mi
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 2.2 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 5.0 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 5.5 mi
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 5.7 mi
- Alma Culture Landscape: 7.0 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 4.7 mi
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 4.8 mi
- New Museum of Los Gatos: 5.2 mi
- Forbes Mill Museum: 5.3 mi
- Campbell Historical Museum: 5.6 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 7.4 mi
- Saratoga Community Garden: 7.6 mi
- CNGF Native Plant Farm: 7.6 mi
- Misora Secret Garden: 7.6 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 7.7 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 16.2 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 17.0 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 17.0 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 17.6 mi
- Capitola Beach: 17.7 mi
- Cherry Springs: 2.8 mi
- Santa Teresa Springs: 4.9 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 9.4 mi
- Congress Springs: 9.5 mi
- Badger Spring: 10.0 mi
- Lower Falls: 10.7 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 10.7 mi
- Granuja Falls: 10.7 mi
- Basin Falls: 10.7 mi
- Upper Falls: 10.8 mi
- Graffiti Rock: 11.1 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 11.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 11.7 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 17.5 mi
- Upper Quarry: 18.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 15.6 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 15.6 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 19.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 20.2 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.8 miles of Almaden Meadows. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | SSE 164° | 1,154 m | 8.0 mi |
| Crystal Peak | SSE 160° | 1,097 m | 8.0 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | S 190° | 1,063 m | 4.3 mi |
| Mount Thayer | SSW 205° | 1,061 m | 4.4 mi |
| Mount Chual | SSE 158° | 1,046 m | 7.6 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | W 271° | 985 m | 11.5 mi |
| Castle Rock | W 272° | 979 m | 11.6 mi |
| El Sombroso | SSW 205° | 917 m | 3.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:14 | 16:54 |
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, 4 mi away.
- Acorn Woodpecker502 obs
- Mallard426 obs
- Western Bluebird402 obs
- Western Fence Lizard329 obs
- Canada Goose320 obs
- California Ground Squirrel298 obs
- Yellow-rumped Warbler282 obs
- California buckeye272 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/38026457
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 17 mi
- Capitola · 17 mi
- Santa Cruz · 19 mi
- Watsonville · 22 mi
- Moss Landing · 29 mi
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