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Soquel Creek Linear Parkway

Soquel Creek Linear Parkway from directly overhead

Soquel Creek Linear Parkway is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 11 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Tree, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.

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Coordinates36.98661, -121.95609

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • Night Fighter: 2.3 mi
  • Bear Enclosure: 2.6 mi
  • Harvey West Historic Structure: 2.7 mi
  • Branciforte: 3.2 mi
  • Santa Cruz Bicentennial Monument: 3.7 mi
Peaks
  • La Corona: 2.6 mi
  • Mount Massiah: 2.7 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 3.3 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 3.7 mi
  • Horseback Hill: 4.6 mi
Parks
  • Heart of Soquel Park: 0.1 mi
  • Soquel Lions Park: 0.1 mi
  • Peery Park: 0.5 mi
  • Anna Jean Cummings Park: 0.5 mi
  • Greenspace: 0.5 mi
Attractions
Artworks: 56
  • Old Tree: 0.1 mi
  • Skyball: 0.5 mi
  • Windfalls: 1.3 mi
  • Cabrillo Gallery: 1.7 mi
  • Great Blue Heron Walkway: 2.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens: 51
Picnic sites: 50
  • Special Events Ramada: 1.3 mi
  • Pourroy Picnic Area: 2.7 mi
  • Maple Grove: 2.7 mi
  • Twisted Tree: 2.7 mi
  • Cathedral: 2.7 mi
Museums: 49
Beaches: 49
Waterfalls: 22
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 4.6 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 5.4 mi
  • Maple Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 6.8 mi
  • Ferndell: 7.3 mi
Springs: 15
  • Crystal Springs (private): 4.0 mi
  • Dodero Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 5.2 mi
  • Olive Springs: 5.4 mi
  • Badger Spring: 6.7 mi
Cliffs: 11
  • Capitola Bluffs: 1.0 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 4.1 mi
  • Chrystal Cliff: 4.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 5.6 mi
  • Sand Hill Bluff: 10.9 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 6.2 mi
Covered bridges: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.9 miles of Soquel Creek Linear Parkway. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE1,154 m10.6 mi
Crystal PeakNE1,097 m11.0 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE1,063 m12.4 mi
Mount ThayerN1,061 m12.4 mi
Mount ChualNE1,046 m11.4 mi
El SombrosoN917 m13.5 mi
The PeakNNW917 m17.3 mi
Sunnyvale MountainNNW880 m17.0 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, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element relation/13942013

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