Peace Drive Park
Peace Drive Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 16 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Struve Slough, a park 0.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 23 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Watsonville
How to reach it
- 23.2 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 25 mi
- Rumsien Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Upper Struve Slough: 0.2 mi
- Hope Drive Park: 0.2 mi
- Hazelwood Park: 0.3 mi
- Starlight Park: 0.4 mi
- Cherry Blossom Park: 0.7 mi
- Tarplant Hill: 0.9 mi
- Ellicott Slough National Wildlife Refuge: 2.7 mi
- Sunset Wetland Natural Preserve: 3.9 mi
- Manresa State Beach: 4.3 mi
- Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander Ecological Reserve: 4.5 mi
- Tarplant Hill: 0.9 mi
- Atherton Peak: 7.3 mi
- Mount Madonna: 7.4 mi
- Mount Chamberlain: 7.5 mi
- Bean Hill: 7.9 mi
- Crystal Bay Farm: 3.0 mi
- Giant Twins: 6.8 mi
- Amphitheater: 7.3 mi
- White deer pen: 7.4 mi
- Miller House: 7.5 mi
- Lower Shade Ramada: 3.9 mi
- Azalea: 6.7 mi
- Lone Maple: 6.8 mi
- Redwood: 7.1 mi
- Hilltop: 7.3 mi
- Compass: 4.7 mi
- Motorcycle from chains: 6.4 mi
- Motorcycle from license plates: 6.5 mi
- If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 7.2 mi
- Bhuda: 8.2 mi
- First High Altitude Aeroplane Flights: 5.1 mi
- Bridge Creek Historic Site: 10.7 mi
- Night Fighter: 10.8 mi
- Highway 152 Tree Row: 11.0 mi
- Miller Red Barn: 11.8 mi
- Sunset State Beach: 3.8 mi
- Palm Beach: 4.4 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 6.2 mi
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 7.1 mi
- Jetty Beach: 7.9 mi
- Bamboo Giant Nursery: 5.7 mi
- Roses of Yesterday: 6.7 mi
- Tiger Lily Garden: 8.5 mi
- Camellia Garden: 10.0 mi
- Monarch Garden: 10.0 mi
- El Pajaro Springs: 9.2 mi
- Olive Springs: 12.0 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 12.8 mi
- Badger Spring: 13.1 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 14.7 mi
- Fairy Falls: 9.4 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 9.8 mi
- Bonfante Falls: 10.0 mi
- Maple Falls: 10.6 mi
- Triple Falls: 10.7 mi
- Capitola Bluffs: 9.8 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 14.3 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 14.4 mi
- Upper Quarry: 16.2 mi
- Upper Quarry: 16.2 mi
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 12.5 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 13.8 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 21.8 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 18.3 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 18.3 mi
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Peace Drive Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NNW 345° | 1,154 m | 13.4 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NNW 347° | 1,097 m | 13.5 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | NNW 338° | 1,063 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Thayer | NNW 335° | 1,061 m | 18.3 mi |
| Mount Chual | NNW 348° | 1,046 m | 13.8 mi |
| Fremont Peak | SE 127° | 966 m | 19.1 mi |
| El Sombroso | NNW 338° | 917 m | 19.0 mi |
| Nesbit Ridge | NE 43° | 850.7 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:11 | 18:45 | 19:19 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:31 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:17 | 16:14 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/Los_Angeles).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 51 | 52 | 54 | 56 | 59 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 61 | 56 | 51 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville WTR WKS, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/7062762
Day trips start here
- Watsonville · 1 mi
- Aptos · 8 mi
- Moss Landing · 8 mi
- Capitola · 10 mi
- San Juan Bautista · 14 mi
- Santa Cruz · 14 mi
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