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El Quito Park

El Quito Park from directly overhead

El Quito Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 85 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Saratoga Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
85 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
City of Saratoga

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.28173, -121.99933
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Gardens
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 0.0 mi
  • Life Lab: 0.9 mi
  • School Garden: 1.8 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 3.0 mi
Parks
Museums
Artworks
Attractions
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Beaches: 57
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 20
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 4.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 6.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 6.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 19.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 19.8 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 22.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 22.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.6 miles of El Quito Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 147°1,063 m10.0 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 152°1,061 m9.3 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 232°985 m6.6 mi
Castle RockSW 235°979 m6.5 mi
The PeakSW 222°917 m5.9 mi
El SombrosoSE 146°917 m8.6 mi
Lookout TowerWSW 248°892 m6.5 mi
Goat RockWSW 238°890 m7.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

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, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Fence Lizard389 obs
  • Western Honey Bee358 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird159 obs
  • Dark-eyed Junco132 obs
  • House Finch125 obs
  • Monarch119 obs
  • Mourning Dove111 obs
  • Gray Buckeye110 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/37221978

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