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Oak Meadow Park

Oak Meadow Park from directly overhead

Oak Meadow Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 96 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is W.E. "Bill" Mason Carousel, a attraction 0.1 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
96 m
Getting there

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Coordinates37.23587, -121.97517
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Attractions
Picnic sites
  • Meadowbrook Group Area: 0.1 mi
  • Meadowbrook Group Area: 0.2 mi
  • Gateway Pavilion: 0.2 mi
  • Blossom Valley Group Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
  • Pepper Tree Group Picnic Area: 0.4 mi
Parks
  • Vasona Lake County Park: 0.5 mi
  • Bachman Park: 0.8 mi
  • Town Plaza Park: 1.1 mi
  • Pageant Grounds: 1.1 mi
  • Blossom Hill Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
Museums
Artworks
Peaks
Gardens
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 3.0 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 3.1 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 3.4 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 3.9 mi
  • Life Lab: 4.3 mi
Beaches: 55
Springs: 25
Waterfalls: 25
Cliffs: 13
  • Graffiti Rock: 6.1 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 6.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 6.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 17.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 17.0 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 19.1 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 19.9 mi
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 20.3 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Oak Meadow Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSE 140°1,154 m11.2 mi
Crystal PeakSE 138°1,097 m11.4 mi
Mount UmunhumSE 141°1,063 m6.7 mi
Mount ThayerSSE 148°1,061 m5.9 mi
Mount ChualSE 136°1,046 m11.2 mi
Mount BielawskiW 262°985 m6.6 mi
Castle RockW 266°979 m6.7 mi
El SombrosoSE 138°917 m5.3 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
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, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Black-crowned Night Heron591 obs
  • Canada Goose563 obs
  • American Coot511 obs
  • Mallard484 obs
  • Pied-billed Grebe459 obs
  • Green Heron382 obs
  • Western Bluebird343 obs
  • Great Blue Heron302 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/32480068

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