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Houge Park

Houge Park from directly overhead

Houge Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 80 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Carolyn Norris Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

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Coordinates37.25641, -121.94235
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Picnic sites
  • Raintree Group Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Circle Group Picnic Area: 1.6 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Lakeview Group Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Attractions
Museums
Artworks
Gardens
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 3.6 mi
  • Misora Secret Garden: 4.4 mi
  • Life Lab: 4.5 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 46
Springs: 27
Waterfalls: 26
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 7.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 8.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 8.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 18.9 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 18.9 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 20.7 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 21.6 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 22.2 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Houge Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSSE 152°1,154 m11.4 mi
Crystal PeakSSE 149°1,097 m11.5 mi
Mount UmunhumSSE 160°1,063 m7.0 mi
Mount ThayerS 169°1,061 m6.5 mi
Mount ChualSSE 148°1,046 m11.2 mi
Mount BielawskiWSW 255°985 m8.6 mi
Castle RockWSW 257°979 m8.7 mi
El SombrosoSSE 162°917 m5.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:54

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • American Coot683 obs
  • Mallard653 obs
  • Canada Goose644 obs
  • Black-crowned Night Heron571 obs
  • Pied-billed Grebe530 obs
  • Green Heron430 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard399 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird395 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/38048318

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