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Central Park

Central Park from directly overhead

Central Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 40 m. Chews Ridge stands 1,549 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Centennial Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 24 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
40 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.50963, -121.44378

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Centennial Park: 0.4 mi
  • Meyer Park: 0.6 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 7.9 mi
  • Peverini Park: 8.2 mi
  • Santa Barbara Park: 8.5 mi
Peaks
Picnic sites: 15
Museums: 12
Springs: 12
Nature reserves: 12
Attractions: 10
  • Savanna: 11.6 mi
  • Tiger (Male): 11.7 mi
  • Tiger (Female): 11.7 mi
  • Galante Winery: 13.5 mi
  • Sycamore Flats: 16.8 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Veterans Memorial: 16.3 mi
  • Greenfield Memorial Hall: 16.4 mi
  • Gonzalo Rodriguez fatal crash Site: 17.7 mi
  • Corkscrew at WetherTech Raceway Laguna Seca: 17.8 mi
  • Santa Lucia Adobe: 20.0 mi
Cliffs: 7
  • Resurrection Wall: 13.3 mi
  • Discovery Wall: 14.5 mi
  • Ignorable Cliffs: 14.5 mi
  • The Upper Crust: 14.6 mi
  • Los Padres Dam Slide: 15.3 mi
Gardens: 6
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 16.9 mi
  • Rose Garden: 19.6 mi
  • Yorktown community garden: 20.9 mi
  • Sunnyslope Garden: 23.1 mi
  • Sand City Community Garden: 23.7 mi
Waterfalls: 6
  • Fern Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Pine Falls: 18.3 mi
  • Tassajara Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Firehose Falls: 22.1 mi
  • Pico Blanco Falls: 23.1 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Monterey State Beach: 23.9 mi
  • Marina State Beach: 24.1 mi
  • North Marina: 24.2 mi
  • Monterey State Beach: 24.2 mi
  • Del Monte Beach: 24.7 mi
Artworks: 2
  • Mural by Hijos del Sol: 22.7 mi
  • Jesus Statue: 22.8 mi
Hot springs: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Central Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Chews RidgeSSW 207°1,549 m15.4 mi
South Ventana ConeSSW 214°1,517 m19.4 mi
Black ButteSSW 198°1,497 m17.6 mi
Uncle Sam MountainSW 231°1,445 m18.7 mi
Palo Escrito PeakSSW 200°1,352 m7.7 mi
Miller MountainSW 220°1,319 m17.3 mi
Danish Creek PeakWSW 238°1,298 m19.0 mi
Ell PeakS 177°1,297 m10.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1018:4419:18
June solstice05:4919:5020:28
September equinox06:5418:3019:04
December solstice07:1516:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355575962636464625651
Precip in2.62.42.10.90.40.10.00.00.10.61.32.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salinas AP, 14 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Robin5 obs
  • West Coast Lady4 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird3 obs
  • Brewer's Blackbird3 obs
  • House Sparrow3 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard3 obs
  • Woodlouse Spider3 obs
  • Noble False Widow3 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/38445709

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