Park · California
Polo Grounds Park
Polo Grounds Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 49 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Aptos Village Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.
How to reach it
Coordinates36.98120, -121.87829
- 26.6 mi off the Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1, National
Overlooks nearby
- 1 Shepherd's Knoll · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Parks
- Aptos Village Park: 1.2 mi
- Valencia Hall Park: 1.2 mi
- Hidden Beach Park (ASD): 1.6 mi
- Hidden Beach Park: 1.6 mi
- Hidden Beach Park: 1.7 mi
Picnic sites
- Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Pourroy Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
- George's Picnic Area: 2.0 mi
- Mary Easton Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
- Porter Family Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
Nature reserves
- Seascape Uplands Preserve: 1.7 mi
- Seascape Uplands Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Long-Toed Salamander Ecological Reserve: 2.6 mi
- New Brighton State Beach: 3.0 mi
- La Selva Open Space: 3.0 mi
Attractions
- S. S. Palo Alto: 2.1 mi
- Epicenter Loma Prieta Earthquake: 3.5 mi
- Capitola Wharf: 4.2 mi
- Capitola Wharf: 4.2 mi
- Crystal Bay Farm: 5.1 mi
Historic sites
- First High Altitude Aeroplane Flights: 2.4 mi
- Bridge Creek Historic Site: 4.5 mi
- Night Fighter: 5.5 mi
- Bear Enclosure: 6.9 mi
- Harvey West Historic Structure: 6.9 mi
Artworks
- Cabrillo Gallery: 2.6 mi
- Windfalls: 3.1 mi
- Compass: 3.3 mi
- Old Tree: 4.3 mi
- Skyball: 4.5 mi
Peaks
- Bean Hill: 3.4 mi
- Sand Point: 5.2 mi
- Mount Massiah: 5.9 mi
- Lone Tree Prairie: 6.0 mi
- Santa Rosalia Mountain: 6.4 mi
Museums: 53
- Aptos History Museum: 1.7 mi
- Cabrillo College Gallery: 2.8 mi
- Capitola Historical Museum: 4.2 mi
- Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History: 7.3 mi
- Museum of Art & History: 8.1 mi
Gardens: 50
- Bamboo Giant Nursery: 1.7 mi
- Tiger Lily Garden: 1.9 mi
- Ksitigarbha Garden: 3.7 mi
- Roses of Yesterday: 5.7 mi
- afe native plant garden: 7.4 mi
Beaches: 49
- Rio Del Mar Beach: 1.6 mi
- Beer Can Beach: 1.9 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 2.8 mi
- Potbelly Beach: 3.0 mi
- Esplanade Park Beach: 4.0 mi
Springs: 22
- Olive Springs: 5.8 mi
- Badger Spring: 7.1 mi
- Sulpher Springs: 7.3 mi
- Crystal Springs (private): 8.2 mi
- Dodero Spring: 9.4 mi
Waterfalls: 17
- Fairy Falls: 3.7 mi
- Maple Falls: 4.7 mi
- Five Finger Falls: 4.8 mi
- Upper Falls: 8.0 mi
- Basin Falls: 8.0 mi
Cliffs: 13
- Capitola Bluffs: 3.8 mi
- Anthony's Bluff: 8.3 mi
- Chrystal Cliff: 8.5 mi
- Upper Quarry: 10.0 mi
- Upper Quarry: 10.0 mi
Lighthouses: 3
- Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 7.0 mi
- Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 8.4 mi
- Point Pinos Lighthouse: 24.2 mi
Covered bridges: 2
- Felton Covered Bridge: 11.7 mi
- Felton Covered Bridge: 11.7 mi
Natural arches: 1
- Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 10.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.8 miles of Polo Grounds Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Loma Prieta | NNE 12° | 1,154 m | 9.2 mi |
| Crystal Peak | NNE 14° | 1,097 m | 9.4 mi |
| Mount Umunhum | N 355° | 1,063 m | 12.4 mi |
| Mount Thayer | N 350° | 1,061 m | 12.8 mi |
| Mount Chual | NNE 14° | 1,046 m | 9.8 mi |
| El Sombroso | N 353° | 917 m | 13.8 mi |
| Ralph's Mountain | NNW 345° | 828 m | 12.3 mi |
| Santa Rosalia Mountain | N 11° | 806 m | 6.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:12 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 19:52 | 20:31 |
| September equinox | 06:56 | 18:32 | 19:06 |
| December solstice | 07:18 | 16:15 | 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 | 58 | 61 | 63 | 63 | 64 | 61 | 55 | 50 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville Muni AP, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element relation/7057861
Day trips start here
- Aptos · 2 mi
- Capitola · 4 mi
- Santa Cruz · 8 mi
- Watsonville · 8 mi
- Moss Landing · 13 mi
- Marina · 21 mi
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