Capitola Park
Capitola Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 456 m. Mount Pinos stands 2,697 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Bitterwater Spring, a spring 2.4 miles away. 112 named places lie within 25 miles, 23 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 456 m
How to reach it
112 named places within 25 miles
- Bitterwater Spring: 2.4 mi
- Quail Spring: 8.0 mi
- Padrones Spring: 9.8 mi
- Willow Spring: 10.7 mi
- Lawson Spring: 11.2 mi
- Elkhorn Hills: 4.6 mi
- Twentyfive Hill: 7.4 mi
- Brush Mountain: 14.1 mi
- Midway Peak: 15.3 mi
- San Emigdio Mountain: 16.7 mi
- Maricopa City Park: 2.9 mi
- Maricopa Veteran’s Park and Museum: 3.3 mi
- Civic Center Park: 8.7 mi
- Taft City Park: 8.8 mi
- A Street Park: 9.0 mi
- Oil Patch Fire House: 8.2 mi
- Ethel D. Oil Tool & Supply House: 8.2 mi
- Jameson #17: 8.3 mi
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 14.5 mi
- Szent András-törésvonal (San Andreas): 16.9 mi
- The Crossing: 13.2 mi
- The Crossing: 13.2 mi
- Flume Creek Picnic Area: 13.2 mi
- Twin Falls Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- The Patio: 13.4 mi
- West Kern Oil Museum: 8.3 mi
- West Kern Oil Museum: 8.3 mi
- Tule Elk Reserve State Park: 20.7 mi
- San Emigdio Plantation: 22.2 mi
- Lakeview Gusher #1: 5.3 mi
- Whiterock Bluff: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Capitola Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pinos | SE 132° | 2,696.5 m | 20.8 mi |
| Sawmill Mountain | SE 135° | 2,685 m | 19.9 mi |
| Grouse Mountain | SE 136° | 2,613 m | 19.2 mi |
| Cerro Noroeste | SE 137° | 2,525 m | 17.6 mi |
| San Emigdio Mountain | SE 126° | 2,282 m | 16.7 mi |
| Escapula Peak | ESE 118° | 2,160 m | 22.2 mi |
| Brush Mountain | SE 130° | 2,149 m | 14.1 mi |
| Antimony Peak | ESE 119° | 2,075 m | 19.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:02 | 18:36 | 19:10 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 19:38 | 20:16 |
| September equinox | 06:46 | 18:23 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:03 | 16:11 | 16:50 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Jun, Sep–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 53 | 59 | 63 | 70 | 76 | 83 | 82 | 77 | 68 | 57 | 50 |
| Precip in | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Taft, 9 mi away.
- Lacy phacelia9 obs
- Redstem Stork's-bill4 obs
- Lark Sparrow3 obs
- Gopher Snake3 obs
- arroyo lupine3 obs
- Cattle Saltbush3 obs
- California Quail2 obs
- Common Raven2 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 node/358781561
Day trips start here
- Maricopa · 3 mi
- Taft · 8 mi
- McKittrick · 23 mi
- Buttonwillow · 27 mi
- The Grapevine · 29 mi
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