Park · California
La Colina Park
La Colina Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 57 m. Copernicus Peak stands 1,327 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Century Oaks Park, a park 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Built
- 1983
- Elevation
- 57 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- San José Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services
How to reach it
Coordinates37.23308, -121.81215
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Century Oaks Park: 0.4 mi
- Palmia Park: 0.6 mi
- Calero Park: 0.6 mi
- Charlotte Commons: 1.0 mi
- Albertson Parkway: 1.0 mi
Museums
- Bernal-Gulnac-Joice Ranch: 0.9 mi
- New Almaden Quicksilver Mining Museum: 3.8 mi
- Bailey Fellows House: 4.5 mi
- Hellenic Heritage Museum: 6.5 mi
- Portuguese Historical Museum: 6.5 mi
Historic sites
- Historic El Camino Real: 1.9 mi
- The Pfeiffer Stone House: 2.2 mi
- Gina "Frogquist" Grove: 2.2 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 3.4 mi
- The Buena Vista: 3.6 mi
Picnic sites
- Pueblo Day Use Area: 1.9 mi
- Picnic Site: 2.7 mi
- Picnic Site: 2.8 mi
- greystone picnic area: 3.2 mi
- Arroyo Picnic Site: 3.2 mi
Nature reserves
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 2.2 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 2.6 mi
- Rancho San Vicente Entrance: 2.7 mi
- Coyote Creek Parkway: 2.9 mi
- Mockingbird Hill Entrance: 3.1 mi
Artworks
- Bird's Eye View: 2.2 mi
- Ohlone Woman: 3.3 mi
- Fuel Tank: 4.1 mi
- Discoveries: 5.7 mi
- Discoveries: 5.7 mi
Peaks
- Coyote Peak: 2.6 mi
- One Tree Hill: 2.9 mi
- Tulare Hill: 3.3 mi
- Church Hill: 4.0 mi
- Almaden Meadows Hill: 4.1 mi
Attractions
- Rebel Yell Haunted House: 5.0 mi
- Santa Clara County Fairgrounds: 5.1 mi
- Japanese Friendship Garden: 6.7 mi
- Barn: 6.9 mi
- Doc's Critter Cave: 6.9 mi
Gardens
- Lake Cunningham Native Garden: 7.0 mi
- SoFA Demonstration Garden: 7.7 mi
- San Jose State Community Garden: 7.8 mi
- Spartan Rose Garden: 8.1 mi
- CNGF Native Plant Farm: 8.6 mi
Springs: 41
- Santa Teresa Springs: 1.1 mi
- Cherry Springs: 6.4 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 11.0 mi
- Badger Spring: 12.1 mi
- South Spring: 12.4 mi
Beaches: 34
- Potbelly Beach: 18.8 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 18.8 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 19.2 mi
- Cable Car Beach: 19.4 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 19.6 mi
Waterfalls: 21
- Lower Falls: 10.2 mi
- Granuja Falls: 10.4 mi
- Black Rock Falls: 10.4 mi
- Basin Falls: 10.5 mi
- Upper Falls: 10.6 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Graffiti Rock: 14.7 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 15.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 15.7 mi
- The Bluff: 19.0 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 19.4 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 19.0 mi
Lighthouses: 2
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 21.5 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 22.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of La Colina Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copernicus Peak | NE 52° | 1,327 m | 12.7 mi |
| Observatory Peak | NE 51° | 1,298 m | 11.9 mi |
| Hipparchus Peak | NE 52° | 1,295 m | 12.8 mi |
| Tycho Brahe Peak | NE 51° | 1,286 m | 12.2 mi |
| Mount Hamilton | NE 51° | 1,279 m | 12.0 mi |
| Huyghens Peak | NE 51° | 1,276 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Isabel | ENE 58° | 1,275 m | 12.4 mi |
| Galileo Peak | NE 50° | 1,273 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 19:53 | 20:32 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:13 | 16:54 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 49 | 52 | 55 | 58 | 62 | 67 | 70 | 70 | 68 | 62 | 54 | 49 |
| Precip in | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.8 | 2.0 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 8 mi away.
- jeweled onion160 obs
- Mule Deer137 obs
- false babystars116 obs
- Red-tailed Hawk114 obs
- Ithuriel's Spear109 obs
- California poppy106 obs
- Wild Turkey104 obs
- Western Bluebird102 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/37691933
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 18 mi
- Capitola · 19 mi
- Santa Cruz · 21 mi
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