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Cathedral Oaks Park

Cathedral Oaks Park from directly overhead

Cathedral Oaks Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 109 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the south, 6.2 miles off. The nearest named place is One Tree Hill, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away.

What the record says

Elevation
109 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.20115, -121.84566

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
  • Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 0.7 mi
  • Hicks/Wood Entrance: 2.0 mi
  • Rancho San Vicente Entrance: 2.1 mi
  • McAbee Entry: 2.2 mi
  • Hacienda Entrance: 2.2 mi
Historic sites
  • The Buena Vista: 1.0 mi
  • April Tunnel Trestle: 1.4 mi
  • Gina "Frogquist" Grove: 1.5 mi
  • The Pfeiffer Stone House: 1.5 mi
  • Mine: 1.5 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Arroyo Picnic Site: 2.9 mi
  • quicksilver picnic area: 2.9 mi
  • southpoint Picnic area: 2.9 mi
  • greystone picnic area: 3.0 mi
  • Ohlone Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
Attractions
Gardens
Beaches: 44
Springs: 37
Waterfalls: 25
Cliffs: 12
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 18.7 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 19.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 21.0 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaS 179°1,154 m6.2 mi
Crystal PeakS 175°1,097 m6.1 mi
Mount UmunhumSW 226°1,063 m4.1 mi
Mount ThayerWSW 238°1,061 m4.8 mi
Mount ChualS 173°1,046 m5.7 mi
Mount BielawskiW 276°985 m13.7 mi
El SombrosoWSW 246°917 m3.9 mi
The PeakW 276°917 m12.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1416:54

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, 7 mi away.

  • orange bush monkeyflower457 obs
  • California buckeye425 obs
  • Pacific poison oak380 obs
  • Ithuriel's Spear342 obs
  • Toyon291 obs
  • California bay284 obs
  • miner's lettuce275 obs
  • Pipestem Clematis258 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/28740025

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