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El Dorado Community Park

El Dorado Community Park from directly overhead

El Dorado Community Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 30 m. Palo Escrito Peak stands 1,352 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is McKinnon Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 15 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
30 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.70999, -121.63798

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 59
  • Giant artichoke: 7.3 mi
  • Tiger (Female): 8.0 mi
  • Tiger (Male): 8.1 mi
  • Savanna: 8.2 mi
  • Sea otters: 10.2 mi
Museums: 35
Historic sites: 27
Beaches: 27
  • Marina State Beach: 9.5 mi
  • North Marina: 9.5 mi
  • Island Beach: 10.6 mi
  • Jetty Beach: 10.9 mi
  • Monterey State Beach: 13.3 mi
Picnic sites: 23
  • Madrone Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Coulter Group Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Lower Day Use Area: 13.1 mi
  • Day Use Area: 13.2 mi
  • Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 20
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Yorktown community garden: 7.8 mi
  • Sand City Community Garden: 13.5 mi
  • Memory Garden: 16.0 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 16.1 mi
Artworks: 17
  • Jesus Statue: 9.1 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 9.7 mi
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 11.1 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 11.2 mi
  • Mural by Hijos del Sol: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Springs: 4
  • Horseshoe Spring: 10.7 mi
  • El Pajaro Springs: 14.0 mi
  • Stone Spring: 18.4 mi
  • Pat Springs: 24.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
  • Fern Falls: 18.4 mi
  • Bonfante Falls: 20.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 23.7 miles of El Dorado Community Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Palo Escrito PeakSSE 159°1,352 m22.6 mi
Twin PeaksSSW 206°1,088 m23.7 mi
Mount ToroS 173°1,081 m12.8 mi
Mount JohnsonESE 111°1,048 m19.2 mi
McPhails PeakESE 104°1,016 m15.5 mi
Mount HarlanE 94°991 m12.9 mi
Fremont PeakENE 66°966 m8.1 mi
Mount ReynoldsESE 113°961 m21.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Buckbrush44 obs
  • Toro manzanita41 obs
  • Sandmat Manzanita37 obs
  • Garden Snail34 obs
  • Blainville's Horned Lizard31 obs
  • virgate eriastrum22 obs
  • Pink star-tulip22 obs
  • Brewer's Blackbird21 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/36671983

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