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Christmas Hill Park

Christmas Hill Park from directly overhead

Christmas Hill Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 66 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Milias Group Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.2 miles away.

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Coordinates36.99670, -121.58538
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Picnic sites
  • Milias Group Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Lone Maple: 6.5 mi
  • Park Maintenance: 6.5 mi
  • Azalea: 6.5 mi
Peaks
Parks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 54
  • Timber Twister: 2.4 mi
  • Tubs-O-Fun: 2.4 mi
  • Bulgy the Goldfish: 2.4 mi
  • Banana Split: 2.4 mi
  • Strawberry Sundae: 2.4 mi
Historic sites: 51
Artworks: 50
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 1.2 mi
  • Fat Bhuda: 9.6 mi
  • Bhuda: 9.7 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 14.7 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 15.4 mi
Springs: 36
  • El Pajaro Springs: 6.0 mi
  • Spike Jones Spring: 10.1 mi
  • Mistletoe Spring: 10.9 mi
  • Willson Camp Quartz Spring: 11.0 mi
  • Willson Camp Hillside Spring: 11.0 mi
Museums: 30
Beaches: 27
Gardens: 23
  • Garden Essential: 2.0 mi
  • Claudia's Garden: 2.4 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 2.5 mi
  • South County Backroads Garden: 2.5 mi
  • Camellia Garden: 2.5 mi
Waterfalls: 14
  • Bonfante Falls: 2.5 mi
  • Triple Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 13.1 mi
  • Black Rock Falls: 13.3 mi
Ghost towns: 7
Cliffs: 5
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 23.1 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 24.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.2 miles of Christmas Hill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaWNW 299°1,154 m16.3 mi
Crystal PeakWNW 300°1,097 m16.0 mi
Mount ChualWNW 302°1,046 m16.1 mi
Mount SizerNNE 15°998 m15.5 mi
Fremont PeakSSE 165°966 m17.1 mi
Middle RidgeN 9°884 m14.8 mi
Nesbit RidgeNNE 17°850.7 m10.1 mi
Pacheco PeakE 87°844 m16.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:18
June solstice05:4819:5120:30
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1716:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586367717169635549
Precip in4.54.32.61.30.60.10.00.00.00.91.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gilroy, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Garden Snail33 obs
  • Wild Turkey29 obs
  • Sea Otter26 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird20 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay17 obs
  • California poppy16 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove14 obs
  • Eastern Fox Squirrel14 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/27028736

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