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Moonstone County Park

Moonstone County Park from directly overhead

Moonstone County Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 12 m. Titlow Hill stands 1,518 m to the east-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Houda Point, a park 0.5 miles away. 198 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.03081, -124.11299

198 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
  • Houda Point: 0.5 mi
  • Luffenholtz Beach and Topena Point: 0.7 mi
  • Luffenholtz Beach Access: 0.8 mi
  • Clam Beach County Park: 2.1 mi
  • Hiller Sports Complex: 6.0 mi
Peaks: 45
  • Strawberry Rock: 3.8 mi
  • White Rock: 4.6 mi
  • Scotty Point: 5.5 mi
  • Candy Mountain: 6.1 mi
  • Pkwo’-o-lo’ ‘ue-merkw: 7.5 mi
Nature reserves: 20
Museums: 16
Historic sites: 11
Artworks: 10
Beaches: 8
Attractions: 8
  • Sumêg Village: 7.6 mi
  • Blue Ox Millworks: 15.5 mi
  • Carson Mansion: 15.7 mi
  • Elk Viewing: 23.4 mi
  • Prairie Creek Visitor Center: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
Picnic sites: 3
Rest areas: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • The Portal: 3.0 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Springs: 1
  • Cold Spring: 24.9 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Moonstone County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Titlow HillESE 122°1,518 m24.8 mi
Horse MountainESE 118°1,506 m22.6 mi
Indian ButteESE 117°1,373 m22.2 mi
Buck ButtesE 101°1,261 m20.4 mi
Telescope PeakE 95°1,253 m20.9 mi
Hupa MountainE 80°1,239 m16.3 mi
Brannan MountainE 101°1,211 m22.5 mi
Brush MountainESE 109°1,198 m24.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2118:5319:29
June solstice05:4520:1120:53
September equinox07:0518:3919:15
December solstice07:3916:0816:52

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F484949505356575857545148
Precip in7.56.56.34.12.11.00.20.30.92.75.78.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Arcata Eureka AP, 4 mi away.

  • Ochre Sea Star1,081 obs
  • Leather Star674 obs
  • Gumboot Chiton549 obs
  • Giant Green Anemone485 obs
  • Pacific Purple Sea Urchin434 obs
  • Clown Dorid380 obs
  • Horned Nudibranch285 obs
  • Noble Dorid262 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.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/484652881

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