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Closter Park

Closter Park from directly overhead

Closter Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 28 m. Palo Escrito Peak stands 1,352 m to the south-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Gabilan Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
28 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.68126, -121.61537

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Gabilan Park: 0.5 mi
  • Gene Robinson Park / American Little League: 0.7 mi
  • Los Padres Park: 0.8 mi
  • Laurel Heights Park: 0.8 mi
  • Cesar Chavez Community Park: 1.0 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 55
  • Tiger (Female): 6.1 mi
  • Tiger (Male): 6.1 mi
  • Savanna: 6.2 mi
  • Giant artichoke: 9.5 mi
  • St. Francis Retreat: 11.5 mi
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 27
Beaches: 24
  • Marina State Beach: 10.8 mi
  • North Marina: 10.8 mi
  • Island Beach: 12.8 mi
  • Jetty Beach: 13.1 mi
  • Monterey State Beach: 13.7 mi
Picnic sites: 19
  • Madrone Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Coulter Group Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
  • Day Use Area: 12.7 mi
  • Lower Day Use Area: 12.7 mi
  • Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 15.6 mi
Gardens: 18
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Yorktown community garden: 8.5 mi
  • Sand City Community Garden: 13.8 mi
  • Memory Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 16.4 mi
Artworks: 14
  • Jesus Statue: 10.1 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 12.1 mi
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 13.5 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 13.5 mi
  • Mural by Hijos del Sol: 13.7 mi
Springs: 5
  • Horseshoe Spring: 9.9 mi
  • El Pajaro Springs: 16.0 mi
  • Stone Spring: 16.7 mi
  • Pat Springs: 23.1 mi
  • Cahoon Spring: 24.6 mi
Cliffs: 3
Waterfalls: 2
  • Fern Falls: 17.0 mi
  • Bonfante Falls: 22.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.3 miles of Closter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Palo Escrito PeakSSE 160°1,352 m20.3 mi
Paloma MountainSSE 158°1,207 m22.0 mi
Mount ToroS 178°1,081 m10.7 mi
Mount JohnsonESE 106°1,048 m17.4 mi
McPhails PeakE 97°1,016 m13.9 mi
Mount HarlanE 84°991 m11.7 mi
Fremont PeakNE 50°966 m8.1 mi
Mount ReynoldsESE 110°961 m19.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4919:5120:29
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1616:1516:55

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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Toro manzanita34 obs
  • Sandmat Manzanita29 obs
  • Garden Snail29 obs
  • Buckbrush25 obs
  • fennel21 obs
  • Blainville's Horned Lizard20 obs
  • California poppy17 obs
  • virgate eriastrum17 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/36466741

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