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Garfield Park

Garfield Park from directly overhead

Garfield Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 17 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Bethany Curve Greenbelt, a park 0.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.

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Coordinates36.95791, -122.04267

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Bethany Curve Greenbelt: 0.3 mi
  • Cliff Drive Open Space: 0.5 mi
  • Sergeant Derby Park: 0.6 mi
  • Mission Gardens (private property): 0.6 mi
  • La Barranca Park: 0.7 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
  • Streetcar Memorial: 0.4 mi
  • Moonshine Landing: 1.0 mi
  • Surfer Memorial Statue: 1.0 mi
  • Santa Cruz Hostel: 1.2 mi
  • Soldiers & Sailors Statue: 1.6 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
  • Monarch Eucalyptus Grove: 0.8 mi
  • NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 1.1 mi
  • Steamer Lane Surfing: 1.1 mi
  • Stagnaro Fishing Charters & Whale Watching Cruises: 1.3 mi
  • Blue Whale Skeleton: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Volcano Commons Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Aloha Terrace: 1.3 mi
  • Wagner Grove: 1.7 mi
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 1.7 mi
Peaks
  • Horseback Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 2.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.7 mi
  • La Corona: 4.2 mi
  • Table Rock: 5.2 mi
Beaches: 55
Gardens: 39
Museums: 37
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Ferndell: 6.5 mi
  • Maple Falls: 10.3 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 11.8 mi
Springs: 15
  • Dodero Spring: 1.7 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 3.7 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 6.5 mi
  • Reggiardo Spring: 8.1 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Chrystal Cliff: 1.2 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 1.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.9 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 3.0 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 5.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 1.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Garfield Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 46°1,154 m15.2 mi
Crystal PeakNE 47°1,097 m15.7 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 29°1,063 m16.1 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 26°1,061 m15.8 mi
Mount ChualNE 46°1,046 m16.0 mi
Mount BielawskiN 351°985 m18.5 mi
Castle RockN 351°979 m18.9 mi
El SombrosoNNE 26°917 m16.9 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 solstice07:1816:1516:56

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, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Gull1,684 obs
  • Ochre Sea Star1,601 obs
  • California Sea Lion1,514 obs
  • Monarch1,431 obs
  • Mallard1,419 obs
  • Giant Green Anemone1,203 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab1,164 obs
  • Sunburst Anemone1,058 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/41380466

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