Manzanita County Park
Manzanita County Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 61 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Acorn Park, a park 1.8 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 18 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 61 m
How to reach it
- 17.5 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 20 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 23 mi
- China Lookout · 27 mi
- Granite Canyon Bridge · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Acorn Park: 1.8 mi
- Royal Oaks County Park: 2.9 mi
- Crane Street Park: 4.4 mi
- Cato Phillips Park: 4.7 mi
- Kirby Park: 4.7 mi
- Schneider Hill: 2.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Peak: 5.1 mi
- Pinecate Peak: 5.4 mi
- Mulligan Hill: 7.5 mi
- Mount Pajaro: 9.1 mi
- Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve: 3.6 mi
- Moss Landing State Beach: 6.3 mi
- Salinas River Dunes Natural Preserve: 6.6 mi
- Salinas River State Beach: 6.6 mi
- Zmudowski State Beach: 7.5 mi
- Giant artichoke: 4.8 mi
- Sea otters: 5.2 mi
- St. Francis Retreat: 9.9 mi
- Crystal Bay Farm: 11.8 mi
- Giant Twins: 13.8 mi
- If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 3.9 mi
- Motorcycle from license plates: 5.6 mi
- Motorcycle from chains: 5.7 mi
- Jesus Statue: 10.5 mi
- Compass: 14.0 mi
- Madrone Picnic Area: 10.0 mi
- Lower Shade Ramada: 10.1 mi
- Coulter Group Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Lone Maple: 13.9 mi
- Azalea: 14.0 mi
- Island Beach: 6.1 mi
- Jetty Beach: 6.2 mi
- Palm Beach: 9.3 mi
- North Marina: 10.0 mi
- Marina State Beach: 10.0 mi
- Battle of Natividad State Historic Landmark: 4.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.8 mi
- First High Altitude Aeroplane Flights: 14.7 mi
- Miller Red Barn: 14.7 mi
- Highway 152 Tree Row: 15.2 mi
- Elkhorn Slough Reserve Visitor Center: 3.2 mi
- Shakespeare Society of America: 6.0 mi
- Boronda History Center: 6.7 mi
- National Steinbeck Center: 8.5 mi
- Steinbeck House & Restaurant: 8.5 mi
- Memorial Rose Garden: 8.5 mi
- Yorktown community garden: 10.5 mi
- Garden Essential: 14.2 mi
- Camellia Garden: 14.5 mi
- Holly Garden: 14.5 mi
- El Pajaro Springs: 8.7 mi
- Horseshoe Spring: 13.7 mi
- Olive Springs: 22.3 mi
- Stone Spring: 23.1 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 23.1 mi
- Bonfante Falls: 14.4 mi
- Fairy Falls: 19.7 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 20.1 mi
- Triple Falls: 20.4 mi
- Upper Falls: 20.7 mi
- Cavalry Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 19.2 mi
- Swanson Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 23.0 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 23.1 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 18.2 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 21.1 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 22.0 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Manzanita County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NNW 337° | 1,154 m | 23.5 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NNW 338° | 1,097 m | 23.4 mi |
| Mount Toro | SSE 169° | 1,081 m | 19.2 mi |
| McPhails Peak | ESE 119° | 1,016 m | 19.9 mi |
| Mount Harlan | ESE 115° | 991 m | 16.6 mi |
| Fremont Peak | ESE 106° | 966 m | 10.0 mi |
| Santa Ana Mountain | ENE 76° | 931 m | 23.6 mi |
| Mount Olds | SE 125° | 914 m | 18.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:51 | 20:30 |
| September equinox | 06:55 | 18:31 | 19:05 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 52 | 53 | 55 | 56 | 58 | 61 | 62 | 63 | 64 | 62 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Salinas #2, 10 mi away.
- Pajaro Manzanita282 obs
- Sea Otter105 obs
- Brittleleaf Manzanita96 obs
- coast live oak58 obs
- Bush Poppy52 obs
- black sage51 obs
- orange bush monkeyflower50 obs
- coffeeberry47 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/1249091158
Day trips start here
- Moss Landing · 6 mi
- Salinas · 8 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 8 mi
- Marina · 10 mi
- Watsonville · 10 mi
- Hollister · 16 mi
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