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Mike Fox Park

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Mike Fox Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 4 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Riverside Gardens Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

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Santa Cruz, City of

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates36.97007, -122.01987

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Santa Cruz Hostel: 0.4 mi
  • Soldiers & Sailors Statue: 0.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 0.6 mi
  • Compass Rose Plaza: 0.6 mi
  • Clock Tower: 0.6 mi
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 0.9 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 1.4 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 1.6 mi
  • La Corona: 2.8 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 4.6 mi
Attractions
Parks
  • Riverside Gardens Park: 0.1 mi
  • Vegetation Zone: 0.2 mi
  • Poet's Park: 0.3 mi
  • Pacific Avenue Historic District: 0.3 mi
  • Raymond Street Park: 0.3 mi
Nature reserves
Artworks: 56
Beaches: 51
Picnic sites: 50
  • Aloha Terrace: 0.4 mi
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Oak Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 1.3 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 1.3 mi
Gardens: 41
Museums: 39
Waterfalls: 23
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Ferndell: 6.1 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.8 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 8.9 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.3 mi
Springs: 16
  • Dodero Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.6 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 2.7 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 5.9 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 7.2 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Chrystal Cliff: 0.7 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 0.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.9 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 4.0 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 7.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 2.5 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Mike Fox Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE1,154 m13.7 mi
Crystal PeakNE1,097 m14.2 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE1,063 m14.7 mi
Mount ThayerNNE1,061 m14.5 mi
Mount ChualNE1,046 m14.5 mi
Mount BielawskiNNW985 m17.9 mi
Castle RockNNW979 m18.3 mi
El SombrosoNNE917 m15.6 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.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element relation/7058550

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