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Century Oaks Park

Century Oaks Park from directly overhead

Century Oaks Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 62 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is La Colina Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
62 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.22790, -121.81395

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
Historic sites
  • Gina "Frogquist" Grove: 2.0 mi
  • The Pfeiffer Stone House: 2.0 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 2.2 mi
  • The Buena Vista: 3.3 mi
  • Chimney: 3.6 mi
Nature reserves
  • Rancho San Vicente Entrance: 2.3 mi
  • Coyote Creek Parkway: 2.5 mi
  • Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 2.7 mi
  • Coyote Creek Parkway: 2.8 mi
  • Coyote Creek Parkway: 3.0 mi
Peaks
Artworks
Attractions
Gardens
Springs: 41
Beaches: 37
Waterfalls: 21
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 9
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 21.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 22.4 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Century Oaks Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Copernicus PeakNE 51°1,327 m13.0 mi
Observatory PeakNE 50°1,298 m12.2 mi
Hipparchus PeakNE 51°1,295 m13.1 mi
Tycho Brahe PeakNE 50°1,286 m12.5 mi
Mount HamiltonNE 50°1,279 m12.3 mi
Huyghens PeakNE 50°1,276 m12.4 mi
Mount IsabelENE 57°1,275 m12.6 mi
Galileo PeakNE 49°1,273 m13.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1816:1316:54

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, 8 mi away.

  • California poppy301 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird275 obs
  • Mule Deer251 obs
  • Western Bluebird243 obs
  • bristly jewelflower238 obs
  • black sage228 obs
  • clay mariposa lily218 obs
  • Ithuriel's Spear205 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/781449187

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