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Anna Jean Cummings Park

Anna Jean Cummings Park from directly overhead

Anna Jean Cummings Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 47 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Skyball, a artwork 0.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.

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Coordinates36.99199, -121.96293

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Skyball: 0.3 mi
  • Skyball: 0.3 mi
  • Skyball: 0.3 mi
  • Skyball: 0.3 mi
  • Old Tree: 0.5 mi
Parks
  • Rodeo Creek Gulch: 0.4 mi
  • Heart of Soquel Park: 0.5 mi
  • Soquel Creek Linear Parkway: 0.5 mi
  • Soquel Lions Park: 0.6 mi
  • Winkle Farm Park: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Special Events Ramada: 1.8 mi
  • Maple Grove: 2.2 mi
  • Twisted Tree: 2.2 mi
  • Cathedral: 2.2 mi
  • Lone Tree: 2.3 mi
Peaks
  • La Corona: 2.1 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 2.2 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Bear Enclosure: 2.2 mi
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 2.2 mi
  • Night Fighter: 2.6 mi
  • Branciforte: 2.9 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 3.4 mi
Museums: 52
Gardens: 52
Beaches: 51
Waterfalls: 23
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Maple Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Ferndell: 6.8 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 6.9 mi
Springs: 16
  • Crystal Springs (private): 3.5 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 4.8 mi
  • Olive Springs: 5.2 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 6.5 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Capitola Bluffs: 1.5 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 3.8 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 6.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Anna Jean Cummings Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 38°1,154 m10.5 mi
Crystal PeakNE 40°1,097 m10.9 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 17°1,063 m12.2 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 11°1,061 m12.1 mi
Mount ChualNE 39°1,046 m11.3 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 336°985 m17.5 mi
El SombrosoNNE 13°917 m13.2 mi
The PeakNNW 339°917 m16.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:31
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard290 obs
  • Western Gull237 obs
  • Harbor Seal200 obs
  • Monarch167 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco165 obs
  • California Towhee165 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk135 obs
  • Western Honey Bee134 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/681004080

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