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Royal Oaks County Park

Royal Oaks County Park from directly overhead

Royal Oaks County Park is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 105 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Manzanita County Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 20 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
105 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.83948, -121.66562

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Manzanita County Park: 2.9 mi
  • Aromas Community Park: 3.6 mi
  • Aromas Community Park: 3.6 mi
  • Kirby Park: 4.3 mi
  • Little Acorn Park: 4.5 mi
Peaks
Artworks: 60
  • If it has no other explanation, it must be art: 4.3 mi
  • Motorcycle from chains: 5.9 mi
  • Motorcycle from license plates: 5.9 mi
  • Compass: 12.8 mi
  • Mural Gilroy the City of Garlic: 12.8 mi
Attractions
  • Sea otters: 6.0 mi
  • Giant artichoke: 7.2 mi
  • St. Francis Retreat: 9.2 mi
  • Crystal Bay Farm: 10.7 mi
  • Giant Twins: 11.1 mi
Picnic sites
Historic sites: 50
Beaches: 48
Gardens: 40
  • Memorial Rose Garden: 11.3 mi
  • Garden Essential: 11.4 mi
  • Camellia Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Holly Garden: 11.6 mi
  • Rainbow Garden: 11.6 mi
Springs: 16
  • El Pajaro Springs: 5.8 mi
  • Horseshoe Spring: 14.3 mi
  • Olive Springs: 20.6 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 21.1 mi
  • Spike Jones Spring: 21.4 mi
Waterfalls: 11
  • Bonfante Falls: 11.5 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 17.9 mi
  • Triple Falls: 18.0 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 18.1 mi
  • Upper Falls: 18.3 mi
Cliffs: 7
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 22.9 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Royal Oaks County Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNW 332°1,154 m21.2 mi
Crystal PeakNNW 334°1,097 m21.1 mi
Mount ToroS 172°1,081 m21.9 mi
Mount ChualNNW 334°1,046 m21.4 mi
McPhails PeakSE 127°1,016 m20.8 mi
Mount HarlanSE 124°991 m17.4 mi
Fremont PeakESE 122°966 m10.6 mi
Mount OldsSE 133°914 m20.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1118:4519:19
June solstice05:4919:5120:30
September equinox06:5518:3119:05
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, 9 mi away.

  • Sea Otter212 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard26 obs
  • Long-bodied Cellar Spider26 obs
  • Marbled Cellar Spider26 obs
  • western jack-o'-lantern24 obs
  • coast live oak22 obs
  • Pacific chorus frog20 obs
  • Pajaro Manzanita19 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/461994323

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