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Gloria Jean Tate Park

Gloria Jean Tate Park from directly overhead

Gloria Jean Tate Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 13 m. Mount Carmel stands 1,344 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Marina City Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 6.9 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
13 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.68079, -121.80301

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Marina City Park: 0.2 mi
  • CafeMia Park: 0.5 mi
  • Marina City Park: 0.8 mi
  • Windy Hill Park: 1.1 mi
  • Trenton Park: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
Beaches: 53
  • Marina State Beach: 1.3 mi
  • North Marina: 1.4 mi
  • Monterey State Beach: 4.9 mi
  • Monterey State Beach: 6.1 mi
  • Del Monte Beach: 6.6 mi
Artworks: 52
Museums: 39
Historic sites: 39
Picnic sites: 37
  • Outdoor Navy Dining Area: 7.1 mi
  • El Estero Picnic Area: 7.3 mi
  • Veteran's Park Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
  • Monterey Pines Group Area: 8.6 mi
  • East Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
Gardens: 26
  • Yorktown community garden: 2.3 mi
  • Sand City Community Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Memory Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Sensory Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • Fern Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Pico Blanco Falls: 23.0 mi
  • Bonfante Falls: 24.3 mi
  • Firehose Falls: 24.6 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 24.8 mi
Springs: 4
  • El Pajaro Springs: 19.1 mi
  • Horseshoe Spring: 20.0 mi
  • Pat Springs: 22.2 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 24.9 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Gloria Jean Tate Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount CarmelS 178°1,344 m20.4 mi
Danish Creek PeakS 170°1,298 m22.2 mi
Little PinesS 169°1,266 m22.8 mi
Devils PeakS 177°1,261 m21.0 mi
Big Pines PeakS 174°1,235 m21.5 mi
Pat Springs PeakS 173°1,233 m22.2 mi
Skinner RidgeS 180°1,113 m21.5 mi
Twin PeaksS 184°1,088 m19.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:19
June solstice05:5019:5120:30
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1716:1516:56

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525354555658606162615652
Precip in4.44.03.31.50.60.20.10.10.10.91.83.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monterey, 7 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • coastal sagewort627 obs
  • Monterey paintbrush575 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard547 obs
  • Coast Dudleya498 obs
  • California poppy437 obs
  • California Goldenbush435 obs
  • Seaside Buckwheat426 obs
  • coyote brush417 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/358849538

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