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Guadalupe Reservoir County Park

Guadalupe Reservoir County Park from directly overhead

Guadalupe Reservoir County Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 208 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the south-southeast, 6.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Hicks/Wood Entrance, a nature reserve 1.5 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
208 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates37.19383, -121.87468
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
  • Hicks/Wood Entrance: 1.5 mi
  • McAbee Entry: 1.5 mi
  • Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 2.0 mi
  • Hacienda Entrance: 3.1 mi
  • Santa Rosa Openspace: 3.3 mi
Parks
Peaks
Historic sites
  • April Tunnel Trestle: 1.7 mi
  • The Buena Vista: 1.8 mi
  • English Camp School House Ruins: 2.1 mi
  • Mine: 2.1 mi
  • Mine Hill Rotary Furnace: 2.2 mi
Artworks
Picnic sites
  • Arroyo Picnic Site: 3.0 mi
  • quicksilver picnic area: 3.1 mi
  • southpoint Picnic area: 3.1 mi
  • Ohlone Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Peppertree: 3.2 mi
Museums
Attractions
Gardens
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 9.2 mi
  • SoFA Demonstration Garden: 9.3 mi
  • Misora Secret Garden: 9.6 mi
Beaches: 45
Springs: 33
Waterfalls: 25
Cliffs: 13
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 17.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 18.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 19.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Guadalupe Reservoir County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSSE 164°1,154 m6.0 mi
Crystal PeakSSE 159°1,097 m6.0 mi
Mount UmunhumSSW 210°1,063 m2.7 mi
Mount ThayerSW 230°1,061 m3.2 mi
Mount ChualSSE 156°1,046 m5.6 mi
Mount BielawskiW 280°985 m12.2 mi
Castle RockW 281°979 m12.4 mi
El SombrosoWSW 242°917 m2.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1416:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • orange bush monkeyflower298 obs
  • clay mariposa lily255 obs
  • Mule Deer227 obs
  • Big Berry Manzanita214 obs
  • Toyon196 obs
  • California buckeye194 obs
  • Ithuriel's Spear190 obs
  • Variable Checkerspot186 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/358839313

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