Park · California
Ben Lomond County Park
Ben Lomond County Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 94 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the east-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Highlands Park, a park 0.7 miles away.
Parks, Recreation, and Open Space
How to reach it
Coordinates37.08852, -122.09055
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Highlands Park: 0.7 mi
- Quail Hollow Ranch Park: 1.6 mi
- Alba Park, Recreation, and Parkway District: 2.0 mi
- Lompico Park: 2.4 mi
- Loch Lomond City Recreation Area: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Pace Family Wilderness Park: 1.2 mi
- Quail Hollow Ecological Reserve: 1.6 mi
- Quail Hollow Quarry Conservation Areas: 1.8 mi
- Olympia Watershed: 2.6 mi
- City of Santa Cruz Open Space (closed areas): 3.0 mi
Historic sites
- Barrel Mill (site): 1.5 mi
- Lost Camp: 2.0 mi
- Powder Magazine: 2.1 mi
- Limestone Kilns: 2.1 mi
- Swamp House: 3.0 mi
Peaks
- Eagle Dell Peak: 2.0 mi
- Mt. Radin: 2.6 mi
- Hermit Knob: 2.8 mi
- Madrone Hill: 3.0 mi
- Mount Hermon: 3.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Loch View Picnic Area: 2.1 mi
- Loch View Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Glen Bre Picnic Area: 2.2 mi
- Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Deer Flat Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
Museums
- The San Lorenzo Valley Museum: 2.6 mi
- San Lorenzo Valley Museum, Faye G. Bellardi Gallery: 2.6 mi
- Historic Center: 3.1 mi
- Bigfoot Museum: 3.4 mi
- Canepa: 5.0 mi
Attractions
- Sequoia Aerial Adventure: 3.1 mi
- Redwood Canopy Tours: 3.2 mi
- Mini Bikes Activity Area: 3.6 mi
- Zip Tower and Climbing Wall: 3.7 mi
- Roaring Camp: 3.7 mi
Gardens
- Outdoor Education Garden: 3.6 mi
- Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 6.2 mi
- Kresge Garden: 6.5 mi
- Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 6.6 mi
- Stevenson Garden: 6.8 mi
Artworks
- The Greatest in the Kingdom: 4.5 mi
- Praying Hands: 4.6 mi
- Crown Fountain: 6.4 mi
- Kresge Totem Pole: 6.6 mi
- Sacrificial Goat: 6.6 mi
Beaches: 55
- Cable Car Beach: 4.4 mi
- Five Mile Beach: 8.3 mi
- Red, White and Blue Beach: 8.4 mi
- Table Rock Beach: 8.6 mi
- Four Mile Beach: 8.7 mi
Waterfalls: 24
- Ferndell: 3.0 mi
- Moose Lodge Falls: 5.7 mi
- Scott Creek Falls: 8.3 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 9.2 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 9.6 mi
Springs: 15
- Redwood Springs: 3.3 mi
- Old Growth Spring: 3.7 mi
- Reggiardo Spring: 4.1 mi
- Horse Trough Spring: 6.5 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 6.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
- Upper Quarry: 6.4 mi
- Upper Quarry: 6.5 mi
- Sand Hill Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 8.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 2.8 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 2.8 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 10.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 10.1 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Ben Lomond County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Umunhum | ENE 65° | 1,063 m | 11.7 mi |
| Mount Thayer | ENE 61° | 1,061 m | 10.8 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | N 359° | 985 m | 9.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | N 358° | 979 m | 9.7 mi |
| The Peak | N 7° | 917 m | 9.1 mi |
| El Sombroso | ENE 58° | 917 m | 11.7 mi |
| Lookout Tower | N 355° | 892 m | 11.0 mi |
| Goat Rock | N 354° | 890 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 19:54 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:33 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 53 | 56 | 59 | 63 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 10.4 | 9.7 | 7.0 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 5.0 | 10.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element relation/10190553
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 9 mi
- Capitola · 11 mi
- Aptos · 13 mi
- Watsonville · 21 mi
- Moss Landing · 26 mi
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