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Six Sisters-Lawn Way Historic District

Six Sisters-Lawn Way Historic District from directly overhead

Six Sisters-Lawn Way Historic District is a park in California, at a recorded elevation of 5 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the north-northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Capitola Beach, a beach 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 26 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
5 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates36.97301, -121.95163

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Attractions
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Old Tree: 1.0 mi
  • Windfalls: 1.4 mi
  • Skyball: 1.5 mi
  • Skyball: 1.5 mi
  • Skyball: 1.5 mi
Picnic sites
  • Special Events Ramada: 1.1 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 2.6 mi
  • Emmet Reed Picnic Area: 2.8 mi
  • George's Picnic Area: 3.2 mi
  • Maple Grove: 3.3 mi
Historic sites
  • Night Fighter: 1.6 mi
  • Bear Enclosure: 3.1 mi
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 3.4 mi
  • Branciforte: 3.5 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 3.9 mi
Peaks
  • La Corona: 3.4 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 3.6 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 4.2 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 4.9 mi
Beaches: 56
Museums: 54
Gardens: 45
Waterfalls: 23
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 5.8 mi
  • Maple Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 7.3 mi
  • Ferndell: 8.1 mi
Springs: 15
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.7 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 5.4 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.7 mi
  • Olive Springs: 6.2 mi
  • Badger Spring: 7.6 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Capitola Bluffs: 0.3 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 4.3 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.4 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.1 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 6.1 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 6.1 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.0 miles of Six Sisters-Lawn Way Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNNE 32°1,154 m11.2 mi
Crystal PeakNNE 33°1,097 m11.6 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 13°1,063 m13.3 mi
Mount ThayerN 8°1,061 m13.3 mi
Mount ChualNNE 33°1,046 m12.0 mi
El SombrosoN 9°917 m14.4 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW 339°880 m18.0 mi
Ralph's MountainN 4°828 m12.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:31
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1816:1516:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F525355586063646565625651
Precip in6.46.14.32.00.90.20.00.00.11.33.26.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Santa Cruz, 3 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Hilton's Aeolid682 obs
  • Opalescent Nudibranch447 obs
  • Sunburst Anemone393 obs
  • Western Gull278 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard267 obs
  • Bat Star265 obs
  • Moonglow Anemone262 obs
  • Harbor Seal247 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 node/358849403

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