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Brookglen Park

Brookglen Park from directly overhead

Brookglen Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 90 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Congress Springs Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
90 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.28324, -122.00712
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 0.4 mi
  • Life Lab: 0.7 mi
  • School Garden: 1.7 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 2.9 mi
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Historic sites
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 3.4 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
Nature reserves
Beaches: 57
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 20
  • Congress Springs: 3.7 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 8.3 mi
  • Spring source: 8.7 mi
  • Bulls Spring: 11.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 3.7 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 19.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 22.3 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 22.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.8 miles of Brookglen Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSE 145°1,063 m10.4 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 150°1,061 m9.6 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 229°985 m6.3 mi
Castle RockSW 232°979 m6.2 mi
The PeakSW 219°917 m5.7 mi
El SombrosoSE 144°917 m9.0 mi
Lookout TowerWSW 246°892 m6.2 mi
Goat RockSW 236°890 m6.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard371 obs
  • Western Honey Bee318 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird132 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco126 obs
  • Monarch118 obs
  • Gray Buckeye107 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel100 obs
  • Mourning Dove86 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/38944294

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