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Aptos Village Park

Aptos Village Park from directly overhead

Aptos Village Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 33 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 9.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Emmet Reed Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
County of Santa Cruz
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.97825, -121.89966

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
  • George's Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Special Events Ramada: 1.9 mi
  • Mary Easton Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
Parks
  • Seacliff Village Park: 0.7 mi
  • Polo Grounds Park: 1.2 mi
  • Hidden Beach Park (ASD): 1.5 mi
  • Hidden Beach Park: 1.5 mi
  • Hidden Beach Park: 1.5 mi
Attractions
Artworks
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 1.6 mi
  • Windfalls: 2.0 mi
  • Old Tree: 3.2 mi
  • Skyball: 3.4 mi
  • Skyball: 3.4 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 56
Beaches: 51
Gardens: 49
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Bamboo Giant Nursery: 2.9 mi
  • Ksitigarbha Garden: 3.0 mi
  • afe native plant garden: 6.2 mi
  • AFE Salamander Garden: 6.2 mi
Waterfalls: 21
  • Fairy Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Maple Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 7.6 mi
  • Upper Falls: 8.9 mi
Springs: 17
  • Olive Springs: 5.6 mi
  • Badger Spring: 7.0 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 7.1 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 7.5 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 8.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Capitola Bluffs: 2.6 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 7.2 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 7.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 8.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 8.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 8.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.3 miles of Aptos Village Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE 18°1,154 m9.7 mi
Crystal PeakNNE 21°1,097 m10.0 mi
Mount UmunhumN 0°1,063 m12.6 mi
Mount ThayerN 355°1,061 m12.9 mi
Mount ChualNNE 20°1,046 m10.4 mi
El SombrosoN 358°917 m13.9 mi
Ralph's MountainN 351°828 m12.2 mi
Santa Rosalia MountainNNE 20°806 m6.9 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, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element relation/7108632

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