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Grant Park

Grant Park from directly overhead

Grant Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bolcoff Hill, a peak 0.3 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 28 miles off.

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Coordinates36.98505, -122.02118

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 0.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 0.6 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 1.1 mi
  • La Corona: 2.0 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 3.6 mi
Historic sites
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 0.5 mi
  • Branciforte: 0.5 mi
  • Clock Tower: 0.6 mi
  • Compass Rose Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Mission (site): 0.6 mi
Parks
  • San Lorenzo Park: 0.5 mi
  • Central Park: 0.6 mi
  • San Lorenzo Park: 0.6 mi
  • SCOPE Park: 0.6 mi
  • Vets Hall: 0.7 mi
Nature reserves
  • Spineflower Habitat Protection Zone: 0.6 mi
  • Sycamore Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Sycamore Grove: 1.1 mi
  • Jessie Street Marsh: 1.1 mi
  • Arana Gulch: 1.4 mi
Artworks
  • Collateral Damage: 0.6 mi
  • Virgin Moon: 0.7 mi
  • Dragon Archway (The Last Chinatown): 0.7 mi
  • Scribner, Saw Player (bronze): 0.7 mi
  • Big Red Ball: 0.7 mi
Attractions
  • Williams-Reynolds House: 0.8 mi
  • Train Engine: 1.0 mi
  • "The Lost Boys" Grandpa's House: 1.2 mi
  • Undertow: 1.4 mi
  • Giant Dipper: 1.4 mi
Picnic sites
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Oak Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 0.9 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 0.9 mi
  • Wagner Grove: 1.0 mi
Beaches: 51
Museums: 49
Gardens: 44
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 2.8 mi
  • Ferndell: 5.1 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 9.9 mi
Springs: 16
  • Dodero Spring: 1.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 1.7 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 4.9 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 6.2 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Anthony's Bluff: 0.6 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.2 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 4.2 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 3.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Grant Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 48°1,154 m13.1 mi
Crystal PeakNE 49°1,097 m13.5 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 29°1,063 m13.9 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 24°1,061 m13.6 mi
Mount ChualNE 48°1,046 m13.9 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 346°985 m16.9 mi
Castle RockNNW 346°979 m17.3 mi
El SombrosoNNE 24°917 m14.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Sea Lion1,166 obs
  • Western Gull1,039 obs
  • Mallard983 obs
  • Opalescent Nudibranch939 obs
  • Great Blue Heron646 obs
  • Wood Duck618 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk573 obs
  • Slender Banana Slug533 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/41380482

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