Park · California
Foothill Park
Foothill Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 143 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the southeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildwood Park, a park 0.6 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 143 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.26709, -122.03474
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Wildwood Park: 0.6 mi
- Crestbrook Field: 1.0 mi
- Quarry Park: 1.4 mi
- Congress Springs Park: 1.5 mi
- Kevin Moran Park: 1.6 mi
Museums
- Saratoga Historical Park: 0.7 mi
- Youth Science Institute Sanborn: 2.8 mi
- Blacksmith Shop: 3.5 mi
- Environmental Education Center: 3.5 mi
- California History Center: 3.8 mi
Gardens
- Hakone Gardens: 1.1 mi
- Phelan Cacti Garden: 1.5 mi
- Italianate Garden: 1.5 mi
- Saratoga Community Garden: 2.1 mi
- Life Lab: 2.2 mi
Peaks
- Nob Hill: 1.7 mi
- Maisie's Peak: 2.1 mi
- Hunters Point: 2.2 mi
- Table Mountain: 2.7 mi
- El Sereno: 3.4 mi
Historic sites
- William Campbell's sawmill: 2.3 mi
- Arroyo de San Joseph Cupertino: 3.6 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 4.0 mi
- Collord's Peak: 4.0 mi
- Forbes Flour Mill: 4.3 mi
Picnic sites
- Longbridge: 2.3 mi
- Redwood Grove: 2.3 mi
- Cathedral Grove: 2.3 mi
- Cooley: 2.3 mi
- Villa Maria Picnic Area: 3.3 mi
Nature reserves
- Stevens Creek County Park: 3.1 mi
- Stevens Canyon Ranch: 4.0 mi
- Vasona Lake Eucalyptus Grove: 4.2 mi
- St. Joseph's Hill Open Space Preserve: 4.9 mi
- Worcester Park: 4.9 mi
Artworks
- The Readers: 3.5 mi
- The Dancers: 3.6 mi
- The Morion: 3.6 mi
- What Does Justice Look Like?: 3.7 mi
- Justice, Equity, Peace: 3.7 mi
Attractions
- Fujitsu Planetarium: 3.6 mi
- W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel: 3.9 mi
- Downtown Campbell Water Tower: 5.1 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Old Corral Day Use Area: 5.7 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 5.7 mi
Beaches: 58
- Cable Car Beach: 16.4 mi
- Waddell Beach (State Parks): 17.9 mi
- Waddell Beach (County of Santa Cruz): 17.9 mi
- Las Trancas Beach: 18.0 mi
- Greyhound Rock Beach: 18.2 mi
Waterfalls: 24
- Castle Rock Falls: 4.8 mi
- Gerow's Waterfall: 6.4 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 7.4 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 10.3 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 11.3 mi
Springs: 19
- Congress Springs: 1.9 mi
- Travertine Springs: 6.1 mi
- Spring source: 7.7 mi
- Cherry Springs: 8.6 mi
- Bulls Spring: 10.1 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Graffiti Rock: 2.2 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 4.2 mi
- Underworld Rock: 4.5 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 17.9 mi
- China Ladder: 18.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 15.1 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 15.1 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 21.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 21.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Foothill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Umunhum | SE 135° | 1,063 m | 10.5 mi |
| Mount Thayer | SE 138° | 1,061 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SW 227° | 985 m | 4.4 mi |
| Castle Rock | SW 232° | 979 m | 4.3 mi |
| The Peak | SSW 211° | 917 m | 3.9 mi |
| El Sombroso | SE 132° | 917 m | 9.2 mi |
| Lookout Tower | WSW 251° | 892 m | 4.3 mi |
| Goat Rock | WSW 236° | 890 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:19 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 5 mi away.
- Western Fence Lizard413 obs
- Western Honey Bee287 obs
- Pacific poison oak215 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco187 obs
- Toyon132 obs
- California buckeye130 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker126 obs
- Bermuda buttercup114 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/41656029
Day trips start here
- Santa Cruz · 20 mi
- Aptos · 21 mi
- Capitola · 21 mi
- Watsonville · 28 mi
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