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Frederick Street Park

Frederick Street Park from directly overhead

Frederick Street Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 14 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Twin Lakes, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
14 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.97207, -122.00163

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Twin Lakes: 0.2 mi
  • Twin Lakes - USA: 0.3 mi
  • Twin Lakes Neighborhood Park: 0.4 mi
  • Star Of The Sea Park: 0.4 mi
  • Oceanview Park: 0.6 mi
Artworks
  • Otter Touching Its Tail: 0.4 mi
  • Great Blue Heron Walkway: 0.6 mi
  • Life-size Gray Whale Sculpture: 0.7 mi
  • Stone Spire: 0.7 mi
  • Santa Cruz Art League Galleries: 0.9 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 2.2 mi
  • La Corona: 2.4 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 3.9 mi
Picnic sites
  • Aloha Terrace: 1.2 mi
  • Lone Tree: 1.9 mi
  • Cathedral: 1.9 mi
  • Twisted Tree: 1.9 mi
  • Maple Grove: 1.9 mi
Beaches: 53
Gardens: 43
Museums: 39
Waterfalls: 23
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Ferndell: 6.4 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 9.4 mi
Springs: 15
  • Dodero Spring: 2.7 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 2.9 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 6.2 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Anthony's Bluff: 1.6 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 1.7 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 3.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 3.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Frederick Street Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 42°1,154 m12.9 mi
Crystal PeakNE 43°1,097 m13.4 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 23°1,063 m14.2 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 19°1,061 m14.0 mi
Mount ChualNE 42°1,046 m13.7 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 344°985 m18.1 mi
El SombrosoNNE 19°917 m15.1 mi
The PeakNNW 347°917 m17.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Sea Lion1,690 obs
  • Western Gull1,370 obs
  • Opalescent Nudibranch940 obs
  • Mallard840 obs
  • Snowy Egret702 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant657 obs
  • Great Blue Heron650 obs
  • Wood Duck583 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/41380477

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