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MacDorsa Park

MacDorsa Park from directly overhead

MacDorsa Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 183 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Canepa, a museum 0.4 miles away.

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Coordinates37.04969, -122.01885
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Museums
Parks
  • Skypark: 0.6 mi
  • Hocus Pocus Park: 0.7 mi
  • Skypark: 0.8 mi
  • Camp Evers Fishing Park: 0.8 mi
  • Torrey Oaks Linear Park: 0.8 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Attractions
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Paradise Park Masonic Club Community Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Alan Chadwick Garden (CASFS): 4.0 mi
  • Stevenson Garden: 4.1 mi
  • Kresge Garden: 4.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • A1: 2.4 mi
  • D: 2.4 mi
  • A: 2.4 mi
  • C: 2.4 mi
  • B: 2.4 mi
Historic sites
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 3.5 mi
  • Cowell Lime Works Historic District Kilns: 3.8 mi
  • Bear Enclosure: 4.1 mi
  • Limestone Kilns: 4.4 mi
  • Powder Magazine: 4.4 mi
Artworks
  • Crown Fountain: 4.0 mi
  • Redwood Boat: 4.1 mi
  • Sacrificial Goat: 4.1 mi
  • Kresge Totem Pole: 4.6 mi
  • Sesnon Art Gallery: 4.6 mi
Beaches: 51
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 1.6 mi
  • Ferndell: 2.3 mi
  • Maple Falls: 6.9 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 7.8 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 8.7 mi
Springs: 16
  • Old Growth Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 1.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 2.8 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 3.8 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 5.0 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Upper Quarry: 4.1 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 4.1 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 5.0 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 5.3 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 6.6 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 6.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 6.8 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 7.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.0 miles of MacDorsa Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaENE 66°1,154 m10.5 mi
Crystal PeakENE 66°1,097 m11.0 mi
Mount UmunhumNE 41°1,063 m10.1 mi
Mount ThayerNE 35°1,061 m9.6 mi
Mount ChualENE 65°1,046 m11.3 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW 341°985 m12.7 mi
Castle RockNNW 341°979 m13.1 mi
El SombrosoNE 34°917 m10.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1916:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 4 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Bonny Doon manzanita122 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard120 obs
  • Slender Banana Slug104 obs
  • orange bush monkeyflower85 obs
  • Golden chinquapin75 obs
  • Brittleleaf Manzanita75 obs
  • Sun Cup73 obs
  • Fly Agaric66 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/458589923

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