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Paradise Park

Paradise Park from directly overhead

Paradise Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 100 m. Pyramid Rock stands 1,220 m to the north, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Mill Creek Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
100 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.10621, -121.64532
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Historic sites
Picnic sites
  • Hilltop BBQ Area: 0.6 mi
  • Gazebo BBQ Area: 0.6 mi
  • Walnut Rest Area: 4.2 mi
  • Woodchopper's Flat Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • Twin Redwoods Picnic Area: 5.3 mi
Attractions
  • Community & Cultural Center: 1.4 mi
  • CordeValle Winery: 2.3 mi
  • Dorcich Family Vineyards: 4.1 mi
  • Solis Winery: 4.1 mi
  • Kirgan Cellars: 5.4 mi
Nature reserves
Peaks
Artworks
Gardens: 58
  • Morgan Hill Community Garden: 0.9 mi
  • South County Backroads Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Claudia's Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Monarch Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Holly Garden: 7.1 mi
Museums: 52
Springs: 38
Beaches: 29
Waterfalls: 15
  • Bonfante Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Lower Falls: 8.3 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Triple Falls: 8.4 mi
  • Black Rock Falls: 8.7 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 5
  • Capitola Bluffs: 19.0 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 22.9 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 23.2 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 23.9 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 23.9 mi
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 22.1 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 23.6 mi
Covered bridges: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Paradise Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pyramid RockN 11°1,220 m14.1 mi
Loma PrietaW 272°1,154 m11.0 mi
Crystal PeakW 273°1,097 m10.5 mi
Mount UmunhumWNW 285°1,063 m14.5 mi
Mount ChualW 275°1,046 m10.4 mi
Bollinger MountainNNE 28°1,044 m11.6 mi
Mount SizerNE 44°998 m10.4 mi
Cow HillNNE 11°989 m11.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:19
June solstice05:4819:5220:31
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
December solstice07:1716:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Feb–Nov.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F495255586367717169635549
Precip in4.54.32.61.30.60.10.00.00.00.91.73.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gilroy, 9 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Monarch22 obs
  • Abrams' Liveforever22 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay20 obs
  • Western Rattlesnake16 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard15 obs
  • Red-shouldered Hawk14 obs
  • Mallard13 obs
  • Western Honey Bee13 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/30034950

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