Los Gatos Creek County Park
Los Gatos Creek County Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 511 m. San Benito Mountain stands 1,597 m to the north-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Sherman Peak, a peak 2.1 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 511 m
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Sherman Peak: 2.1 mi
- Goat Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Center Peak: 3.4 mi
- Twin Peaks: 4.1 mi
- Flag Peak: 4.3 mi
- Dick Wright Spring: 6.2 mi
- Aqua Buena Spring: 8.0 mi
- Live Oak Spring: 10.2 mi
- Splitrock Spring: 11.0 mi
- McMillan Spring: 11.2 mi
- Coalinga Mineral Springs County Park: 6.0 mi
- William Keck Memorial Park: 13.1 mi
- Coalinga Memorial Bowl: 13.1 mi
- Falcon Baseball Field: 13.2 mi
- Lynch Family Park: 13.8 mi
- Car: 12.5 mi
- Outhouse: 13.0 mi
- Vehicle: 13.7 mi
- Exploratory Mine Shaft: 13.9 mi
- Car: 14.1 mi
- New Idria Mercury Mine: 14.0 mi
- New Idria: 14.0 mi
- San Benito Wilderness Study Area: 11.0 mi
- R C Baker Memorial Museum: 13.5 mi
- Laguna falls: 15.9 mi
- The Bluff: 24.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Los Gatos Creek County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Benito Mountain | NNW 338° | 1,597 m | 10.4 mi |
| Santa Rita Peak | N 349° | 1,560 m | 8.2 mi |
| Condon Peak | NNW 338° | 1,514 m | 6.5 mi |
| San Carlos Peak | NNW 337° | 1,472 m | 12.0 mi |
| Alta Peak | NNW 331° | 1,428 m | 10.1 mi |
| Sampson Peak | NNW 329° | 1,420 m | 14.3 mi |
| North Hill | NNW 337° | 1,418 m | 12.5 mi |
| Idria Peak | NNW 331° | 1,415 m | 13.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:07 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 19:46 | 20:24 |
| September equinox | 06:51 | 18:27 | 19:01 |
| December solstice | 07:11 | 16:12 | 16:52 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 45 | 47 | 49 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 73 | 74 | 69 | 59 | 49 | 44 |
| Precip in | 4.9 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Priest Valley, 7 mi away.
- Idria Short-tailed Whipscorpion5 obs
- crinkled onion3 obs
- Indian Peafowl2 obs
- Yellow-billed Magpie2 obs
- Western Honey Bee2 obs
- Large Milkweed Bug2 obs
- Blow Wives2 obs
- Nicklin's Shoulderband Snail2 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/44175709
Take the scenic way to Los Gatos Creek County Park.
Byway plans around your taste, verified places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.