Park · California
Monta Vista Park
Monta Vista Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 125 m. Mount Thayer stands 1,061 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Blackberry Farm Park, a park 0.4 miles away.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 125 m
How to reach it
Coordinates37.31840, -122.06937
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Blackberry Farm Park: 0.4 mi
- McClellan Ranch Preserve: 0.4 mi
- Stocklmeir Farm: 0.5 mi
- Varian Park: 0.7 mi
- Linda Vista Park: 0.8 mi
Gardens
- McClellan Ranch Community Garden: 0.5 mi
- Nature Center: 1.1 mi
- Drought Demonstration Garden: 1.8 mi
- School Garden: 3.4 mi
- Life Lab: 3.7 mi
Museums
- Blacksmith Shop: 0.5 mi
- Environmental Education Center: 0.5 mi
- California History Center: 1.2 mi
- Euphrat Museum of Art: 1.4 mi
- Ohlone Village: 1.8 mi
Historic sites
- Arroyo de San Joseph Cupertino: 0.7 mi
- Veterans: 0.9 mi
- Don Burnett Bicycle-Pedestrian Bridge: 1.4 mi
- St. Joseph's College: 1.5 mi
- Historic El Camino Real: 2.1 mi
Peaks
- Anza Knoll: 0.8 mi
- Hunters Point: 1.8 mi
- Maisie's Peak: 2.3 mi
- Nob Hill: 2.7 mi
- Table Mountain: 4.2 mi
Picnic sites
- Chestnut Picnic Area: 0.8 mi
- Villa Maria Group Picnic Site: 1.0 mi
- Villa Maria Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
- Baytree Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Picnic Area: 1.5 mi
Artworks
- Justice, Equity, Peace: 1.2 mi
- Trinom: 1.3 mi
- Two As One: 1.3 mi
- The World As It Is and the World We Want To See: 1.3 mi
- Stellar Motion: 1.3 mi
Attractions
- Fujitsu Planetarium: 1.3 mi
- Plaza del Sol Labyrinth: 4.6 mi
- Plaza del Sol: 4.6 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Red Mountain Day Use Area: 5.9 mi
- Castle Rock State Park. Old Corral Day Use Area: 5.9 mi
Nature reserves
- Stevens Creek County Park: 1.7 mi
- Rancho San Antonio Open Space Preserve: 3.0 mi
- Juan Prado Mesa Preserve: 3.4 mi
- Stevens Canyon Ranch: 3.7 mi
- Bryan Osborne Nature Center: 4.0 mi
Beaches: 51
- San Gregorio Private Beach: 18.3 mi
- Niles beach: 18.3 mi
- San Gregorio Beach: 18.4 mi
- Tunitas Beach: 18.4 mi
- Sand Beach: 19.0 mi
Waterfalls: 25
- Gerow's Waterfall: 5.4 mi
- Peter's Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Castle Rock Falls: 6.7 mi
- Tip Toe Falls: 9.6 mi
- Sempervirens Falls: 12.2 mi
Springs: 19
- Spring source: 5.1 mi
- Congress Springs: 5.1 mi
- Travertine Springs: 6.7 mi
- Bulls Spring: 10.7 mi
- Cherry Springs: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 14
- Lexington: 9.5 mi
- Alma: 10.8 mi
- Drawbridge: 11.4 mi
- Holy City: 12.2 mi
- Patchen: 12.9 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Graffiti Rock: 2.9 mi
- Lyme Disease Rock: 6.4 mi
- Underworld Rock: 6.6 mi
- Waddell Bluffs: 19.0 mi
- China Ladder: 20.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 18.5 mi
Rest areas: 1
Lighthouses: 1
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.1 miles of Monta Vista Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Thayer | SE 142° | 1,061 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Bielawski | SSW 191° | 985 m | 6.7 mi |
| Castle Rock | SSW 193° | 979 m | 6.4 mi |
| The Peak | S 181° | 917 m | 6.9 mi |
| El Sombroso | SE 138° | 917 m | 13.0 mi |
| Lookout Tower | SSW 204° | 892 m | 5.4 mi |
| Goat Rock | SSW 199° | 890 m | 6.6 mi |
| Sunnyvale Mountain | S 179° | 880 m | 7.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:13 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:54 | 20:33 |
| September equinox | 06:57 | 18:32 | 19:07 |
| December solstice | 07:20 | 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 | 51 | 53 | 56 | 58 | 62 | 66 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 64 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 2.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Moffett FED Airfield, 6 mi away.
- Mule Deer720 obs
- Western Fence Lizard627 obs
- Wild Turkey500 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco374 obs
- California buckeye369 obs
- California Ground Squirrel336 obs
- Acorn Woodpecker257 obs
- Pacific poison oak241 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/28629886
Day trips start here
- Capitola · 24 mi
- Santa Cruz · 24 mi
- Aptos · 25 mi
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