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Felton Covered Bridge Park

Felton Covered Bridge Park from directly overhead

Felton Covered Bridge Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 78 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Felton Covered Bridge, a covered bridge 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
78 m
Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Santa Cruz County Department of Parks, Open Space and Cultural Services

Official site

Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.05152, -122.07075
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Felton Deck: 0.1 mi
  • Covered Bridge Equestrian Center: 0.2 mi
  • Shingle Mill Creek: 0.9 mi
  • Gus Harding Memorial Area: 1.3 mi
  • Michael Gray Field Park: 1.4 mi
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • E: 0.9 mi
  • F: 0.9 mi
  • A1: 0.9 mi
  • A: 0.9 mi
  • G: 0.9 mi
Peaks
  • Bear Mountain: 1.1 mi
  • Mount Hermon: 1.3 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 2.6 mi
  • Eagle Dell Peak: 3.8 mi
  • Madrone Hill: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Limestone Kilns: 1.5 mi
  • Powder Magazine: 1.6 mi
  • Barrel Mill (site): 2.4 mi
  • Lost Camp: 2.5 mi
  • Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 3.7 mi
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 3.8 mi
  • Kresge Garden: 3.8 mi
  • Stevenson Garden: 4.0 mi
Artworks
  • Crown Fountain: 3.7 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 3.9 mi
  • Redwood Boat: 3.9 mi
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 3.9 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 55
Waterfalls: 25
  • Ferndell: 0.5 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 3.2 mi
  • Maple Falls: 9.8 mi
  • Scott Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 10.6 mi
Springs: 15
  • Redwood Springs: 1.0 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 3.9 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 3.7 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.7 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 5.5 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 5.8 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 6.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 7.3 mi
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 7.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 7.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Felton Covered Bridge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaENE 72°1,154 m13.1 mi
Crystal PeakENE 72°1,097 m13.6 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 51°1,063 m12.1 mi
Mount ThayerNE 47°1,061 m11.4 mi
Mount ChualENE 70°1,046 m13.9 mi
Mount BielawskiN 354°985 m11.9 mi
Castle RockN 354°979 m12.3 mi
The PeakN 360°917 m11.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Slender Banana Slug1,466 obs
  • coast redwood947 obs
  • Redwood Sorrel738 obs
  • Pacific trillium520 obs
  • Tanoak451 obs
  • Western Wild Ginger372 obs
  • Ensatina323 obs
  • thimbleberry252 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/41380501

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