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Jade Street Park

Jade Street Park from directly overhead

Jade Street Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 22 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Hooper Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.

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Coordinates36.96938, -121.95965

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Parks
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Night Fighter: 1.2 mi
  • Bear Enclosure: 2.8 mi
  • Branciforte: 3.1 mi
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 3.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 3.5 mi
Artworks
  • Totem Pole: 1.2 mi
  • Old Tree: 1.3 mi
  • Skyball: 1.7 mi
  • Skyball: 1.7 mi
  • Skyball: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites
  • Special Events Ramada: 1.6 mi
  • Maple Grove: 3.1 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
  • Twisted Tree: 3.1 mi
  • Cathedral: 3.1 mi
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 3.2 mi
  • La Corona: 3.3 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 3.8 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 57
Museums: 50
Gardens: 43
Waterfalls: 23
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 6.3 mi
  • Maple Falls: 6.6 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.0 mi
Springs: 15
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.5 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.3 mi
  • Olive Springs: 6.6 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Capitola Bluffs: 0.8 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 3.9 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 5.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Jade Street Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE 33°1,154 m11.7 mi
Crystal PeakNE 34°1,097 m12.1 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 14°1,063 m13.6 mi
Mount ThayerN 9°1,061 m13.6 mi
Mount ChualNE 34°1,046 m12.5 mi
El SombrosoN 11°917 m14.7 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW 341°880 m18.0 mi
Ralph's MountainN 6°828 m12.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:31
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:55

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
  • Hilton's Aeolid680 obs
  • Opalescent Nudibranch449 obs
  • Sunburst Anemone439 obs
  • Snowy Egret323 obs
  • Western Gull312 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant270 obs
  • Bat Star265 obs
  • Moonglow Anemone263 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/479624369

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