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Murdock Park

Murdock Park from directly overhead

Murdock Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 68 m. Mount Umunhum stands 1,063 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Saratoga Creek Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

What the record says

Elevation
68 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.30260, -121.99872

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Gardens
  • School Garden: 0.6 mi
  • Life Lab: 0.9 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 1.5 mi
  • Nature Center: 3.0 mi
  • Misora Secret Garden: 3.1 mi
Artworks
Historic sites
Museums
Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Central Park Pavillion: 2.9 mi
  • Villa Maria Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Chestnut Picnic Area: 4.1 mi
  • Villa Maria Group Picnic Site: 4.1 mi
  • Baytree Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
  • Hunters Point: 3.3 mi
  • Nob Hill: 3.8 mi
  • Maisie's Peak: 3.9 mi
  • Anza Knoll: 4.5 mi
  • Table Mountain: 5.5 mi
Beaches: 57
Waterfalls: 25
Springs: 21
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 4.5 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 7.3 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 7.6 mi
  • The Bluff: 19.2 mi
  • Waddell Bluffs: 21.0 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 23.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 24.3 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 24.6 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Murdock Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mount UmunhumSSE 151°1,063 m11.3 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 155°1,061 m10.5 mi
Mount BielawskiSW 223°985 m7.6 mi
Castle RockSW 226°979 m7.4 mi
The PeakSW 215°917 m7.0 mi
El SombrosoSSE 150°917 m9.8 mi
Lookout TowerWSW 238°892 m7.2 mi
Goat RockSW 229°890 m7.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5420:33
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586267707068625449
Precip in5.04.93.41.40.50.10.00.00.00.82.04.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LOS Gatos, 5 mi away.

  • Western Fence Lizard99 obs
  • Western Honey Bee96 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird75 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel75 obs
  • House Finch64 obs
  • Mourning Dove61 obs
  • Monarch60 obs
  • California Towhee58 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/38541461

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