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Ramsay Park

Ramsay Park from directly overhead

Ramsay Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 8 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Tarplant Hill, a nature reserve 0.4 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 23 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
8 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.91478, -121.77135

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Nature reserves
Peaks
Parks
  • Memorial Pocket Park: 0.5 mi
  • Las Brisas Park: 0.5 mi
  • Watsonville Slough: 0.5 mi
  • Kearney Park: 0.6 mi
  • Starlight Park: 0.6 mi
Attractions
  • Crystal Bay Farm: 3.4 mi
  • Giant Twins: 7.0 mi
  • Sea otters: 7.0 mi
  • Amphitheater: 7.5 mi
  • White deer pen: 7.7 mi
Picnic sites
  • Lower Shade Ramada: 3.9 mi
  • Azalea: 7.0 mi
  • Lone Maple: 7.0 mi
  • Redwood: 7.4 mi
  • Hilltop: 7.6 mi
Artworks
  • Compass: 5.3 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 5.8 mi
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 5.8 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 6.5 mi
  • Bhuda: 8.7 mi
Historic sites
Beaches: 54
Museums: 49
Gardens: 40
  • Bamboo Giant Nursery: 6.5 mi
  • Roses of Yesterday: 7.3 mi
  • Tiger Lily Garden: 9.2 mi
  • Camellia Garden: 9.9 mi
  • Monarch Garden: 9.9 mi
Springs: 26
  • El Pajaro Springs: 8.7 mi
  • Olive Springs: 12.8 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 13.5 mi
  • Badger Spring: 13.9 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 15.4 mi
Waterfalls: 12
  • Bonfante Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 10.2 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 10.5 mi
  • Triple Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Maple Falls: 11.4 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Cliffs: 7
  • Capitola Bluffs: 10.5 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 14.9 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 15.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 16.8 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 16.8 mi
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 16.0 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.3 miles of Ramsay Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNW 343°1,154 m14.1 mi
Crystal PeakNNW 345°1,097 m14.2 mi
Mount UmunhumNNW 338°1,063 m18.4 mi
Mount ThayerNNW 335°1,061 m19.0 mi
Mount ChualNNW 346°1,046 m14.5 mi
Fremont PeakSE 126°966 m18.4 mi
El SombrosoNNW 337°917 m19.8 mi
Nesbit RidgeNE 41°850.7 m20.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4919:5220:31
September equinox06:5618:3119:06
December solstice07:1716:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: year-round.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515254565961636364615651
Precip in4.44.53.61.60.60.10.00.00.11.02.34.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Watsonville WTR WKS, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Sea Otter251 obs
  • American White Pelican188 obs
  • Great Blue Heron124 obs
  • Osprey117 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk104 obs
  • Ruddy Duck101 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog84 obs
  • Pied-billed Grebe81 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/41380499

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