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Renz Park

Renz Park from directly overhead

Renz Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 63 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Park, a park 0.3 miles away.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
63 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.01559, -121.57790
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Picnic sites
  • Lakeside Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
  • Milias Group Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Park Maintenance: 5.2 mi
  • Sandy Beach Picnic Area: 5.5 mi
  • San Ysidro Picnic Area: 5.8 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions: 54
  • Banana Split: 2.8 mi
  • Strawberry Sundae: 2.8 mi
  • Tubs-O-Fun: 2.8 mi
  • Bulgy the Goldfish: 2.8 mi
  • Illions Supreme Carousel: 2.8 mi
Historic sites: 49
Artworks: 47
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 0.7 mi
  • Fat Bhuda: 9.7 mi
  • Bhuda: 9.8 mi
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 16.0 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 16.7 mi
Springs: 35
  • El Pajaro Springs: 7.4 mi
  • Spike Jones Spring: 9.0 mi
  • Mistletoe Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Willson Camp Quartz Spring: 9.9 mi
  • Willson Camp Hillside Spring: 10.0 mi
Museums: 29
Gardens: 23
  • Garden Essential: 2.8 mi
  • Claudia's Garden: 2.9 mi
  • South County Backroads Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 2.9 mi
  • Holly Garden: 3.0 mi
Beaches: 22
Waterfalls: 14
  • Bonfante Falls: 3.0 mi
  • Triple Falls: 12.7 mi
  • Pacheco Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Lower Falls: 12.8 mi
  • Granuja Falls: 12.9 mi
Ghost towns: 8
Cliffs: 2
Lighthouses: 1
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 23.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.7 miles of Renz Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaWNW 294°1,154 m16.1 mi
Crystal PeakWNW 295°1,097 m15.7 mi
Mount ChualWNW 297°1,046 m15.8 mi
Bollinger MountainN 6°1,044 m16.6 mi
Mount SizerNNE 14°998 m14.2 mi
Middle RidgeN 8°884 m13.4 mi
Nesbit RidgeNNE 17°850.7 m8.7 mi
Pacheco PeakE 92°844 m16.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4419:18
June solstice05:4819:5120:30
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, 1 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Garden Snail34 obs
  • House Sparrow19 obs
  • California Scrub-Jay18 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird17 obs
  • Wild Turkey15 obs
  • Turkey Vulture15 obs
  • House Finch15 obs
  • Eurasian Collared-Dove14 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/42281157

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