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Kirk Park

Kirk Park from directly overhead

Kirk Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 51 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the south-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Paul Moore Park, a park 0.7 miles away.

How to reach it

Coordinates37.27268, -121.90286

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
Attractions
Artworks
Peaks
  • Lone Hill: 2.1 mi
  • Communications Hill: 2.3 mi
  • Blossom Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Almaden Meadows Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Collords Peak: 5.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Bank of Campbell: 2.5 mi
  • Ainsley House: 2.5 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 3.7 mi
  • Historic El Camino Real: 3.9 mi
  • San Jose/Santa Clara Valley Veterans Memorial: 4.0 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
Beaches: 46
Springs: 28
Waterfalls: 26
  • Castle Rock Falls: 11.6 mi
  • Gerow's Waterfall: 13.6 mi
  • Lower Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Black Rock Falls: 14.3 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 14.3 mi
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 9.4 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 10.9 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 11.2 mi
  • The Bluff: 17.9 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 20.7 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 22.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 23.2 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Kirk Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSSE 164°1,154 m11.6 mi
Crystal PeakSSE 161°1,097 m11.6 mi
Mount UmunhumS 178°1,063 m7.8 mi
Mount ThayerS 187°1,061 m7.6 mi
Mount ChualSSE 160°1,046 m11.3 mi
Mount BielawskiWSW 252°985 m11.0 mi
Castle RockWSW 254°979 m11.1 mi
El SombrosoS 184°917 m6.5 mi

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 solstice07:1916:1416:54

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, 4 mi away.

  • Western Honey Bee470 obs
  • Monarch449 obs
  • Red-shouldered Bug235 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird226 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard197 obs
  • House Finch176 obs
  • Arizona Mantis170 obs
  • Black Phoebe141 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/36743415

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