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Forest Swimming Pool

Forest Swimming Pool from directly overhead

Forest Swimming Pool is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 191 m. Mount Thayer stands 1,061 m to the east, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Junction Park, a park 1.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
191 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.13578, -122.14052
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Junction Park: 1.3 mi
  • Garrahan Park: 1.3 mi
  • Barbara Day/Dam Park: 1.4 mi
  • Alba Park, Recreation, and Parkway District: 2.8 mi
  • Ben Lomond County Park: 4.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Swamp House: 1.3 mi
  • Barrel Mill (site): 4.9 mi
  • stone fireplace: 5.1 mi
  • Lost Camp: 5.1 mi
  • Big Creek Powerhouse (site): 5.7 mi
Artworks
Peaks
Museums
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 4.6 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
Attractions
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 7.6 mi
  • Nature Circle: 7.9 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 9.7 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 9.7 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 9.8 mi
Beaches: 57
Waterfalls: 24
Springs: 17
  • Bulls Spring: 5.5 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 6.3 mi
  • Travertine Springs: 7.2 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 7.6 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 7.6 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 12
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 14.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 14.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 13.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Forest Swimming Pool. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount ThayerE 81°1,061 m12.3 mi
Mount BielawskiNNE 23°985 m6.6 mi
Castle RockNNE 21°979 m6.9 mi
The PeakNNE 33°917 m6.9 mi
Lookout TowerNNE 13°892 m7.8 mi
Goat RockNNE 16°890 m6.6 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNE 36°880 m6.8 mi
Summit RockNNE 17°878 m7.6 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1318:4619:21
June solstice05:5019:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3319:07
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, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • coast whitethorn93 obs
  • Wartleaf Ceanothus76 obs
  • coast redwood75 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard72 obs
  • Bush Poppy71 obs
  • Ensatina69 obs
  • Monterey spineflower67 obs
  • California yerba santa63 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 node/358849121

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