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Laurel Park

Laurel Park from directly overhead

Laurel Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is The Boys of Summer, a artwork 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.96936, -122.02792

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • The Boys of Summer: 0.2 mi
  • Study 311: 0.2 mi
  • Reclining Nude: 0.2 mi
  • Rocky Dogs: 0.3 mi
  • Kimono Sighs: 0.3 mi
Parks
Historic sites
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Aloha Terrace: 0.6 mi
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Wagner Grove: 1.1 mi
  • Oak Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 1.1 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 1.2 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.7 mi
  • La Corona: 3.1 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 53
Gardens: 41
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Ferndell: 6.0 mi
  • Maple Falls: 9.2 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 9.3 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.7 mi
Springs: 16
  • Dodero Spring: 1.5 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.4 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 2.8 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 5.8 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 7.3 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Chrystal Cliff: 0.4 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 0.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.6 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.6 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 4.5 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 2.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.3 miles of Laurel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 46°1,154 m14.1 mi
Crystal PeakNE 47°1,097 m14.5 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 28°1,063 m15.0 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 24°1,061 m14.7 mi
Mount ChualNE 46°1,046 m14.9 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 348°985 m17.9 mi
Castle RockNNW 348°979 m18.3 mi
El SombrosoNNE 24°917 m15.8 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1816:1516:56

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, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • California Sea Lion1,738 obs
  • Western Gull1,487 obs
  • Opalescent Nudibranch1,048 obs
  • Mallard1,000 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk841 obs
  • Monarch828 obs
  • Brown Pelican750 obs
  • Great Blue Heron714 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/41380519

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