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Moran Lake County Park

Moran Lake County Park from directly overhead

Moran Lake County Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 8 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Moran Lake Beach, a beach 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.

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Coordinates36.95858, -121.97601

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Artworks
  • Totem Pole: 0.3 mi
  • Otter Touching Its Tail: 1.3 mi
  • Great Blue Heron Walkway: 1.5 mi
  • Life-size Gray Whale Sculpture: 1.9 mi
  • Stone Spire: 2.2 mi
Nature reserves
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Aloha Terrace: 2.5 mi
  • Special Events Ramada: 2.7 mi
  • Cathedral: 3.2 mi
  • Twisted Tree: 3.2 mi
  • Lone Tree: 3.2 mi
Peaks
  • Bolcoff Hill: 2.8 mi
  • La Corona: 3.5 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.5 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 3.9 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 4.5 mi
Beaches: 58
Gardens: 43
Museums: 40
Waterfalls: 22
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 5.3 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 7.5 mi
  • Maple Falls: 7.7 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.0 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 8.9 mi
Springs: 15
  • Dodero Spring: 4.4 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.4 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 4.9 mi
  • Olive Springs: 7.6 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 7.7 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Capitola Bluffs: 1.9 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 3.3 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 3.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 4.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Moran Lake County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 35°1,154 m12.8 mi
Crystal PeakNE 36°1,097 m13.2 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 17°1,063 m14.6 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 12°1,061 m14.5 mi
Mount ChualNE 35°1,046 m13.6 mi
El SombrosoNNE 13°917 m15.6 mi
The PeakNNW 344°917 m18.8 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW 344°880 m18.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:31
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:55

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.

Wildlife nearby
  • Opalescent Nudibranch1,333 obs
  • Hilton's Aeolid685 obs
  • Sunburst Anemone562 obs
  • Western Gull555 obs
  • Double-crested Cormorant551 obs
  • Striped Shore Crab461 obs
  • Snowy Egret439 obs
  • San Diego Dorid427 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/685504857

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