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Trescony Park

Trescony Park from directly overhead

Trescony Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 28 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Trescony Community Garden, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Big Sur Coast Highway - Route 1 passes 27 miles off.

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Coordinates36.96818, -122.04173

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Nature reserves
Artworks
  • Welcome to Santa Cruz: 0.7 mi
  • Before Now sculpture: 0.9 mi
  • The Boys of Summer: 0.9 mi
  • Reclining Nude: 0.9 mi
  • Study 311: 0.9 mi
Attractions
  • Williams-Reynolds House: 0.8 mi
  • NOAA - Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary: 1.0 mi
  • Train Engine: 1.1 mi
  • Monarch Eucalyptus Grove: 1.3 mi
  • Undertow: 1.3 mi
Picnic sites
  • Wagner Grove: 1.0 mi
  • Buckeye Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Millennium Circle: 1.0 mi
  • Oak Picnic Area: 1.0 mi
  • Evergreen Picnic Area: 1.1 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
  • Horseback Hill: 1.0 mi
  • Bolcoff Hill: 1.7 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 2.0 mi
  • La Corona: 3.6 mi
  • Mount Alexander: 4.8 mi
Beaches: 54
Gardens: 41
Museums: 37
Waterfalls: 25
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 4.1 mi
  • Ferndell: 5.9 mi
  • Maple Falls: 9.9 mi
  • Fairy Falls: 10.1 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 11.4 mi
Springs: 16
  • Dodero Spring: 1.0 mi
  • Horse Trough Spring: 2.2 mi
  • Crystal Springs (private): 3.1 mi
  • Redwood Springs: 5.8 mi
  • Old Growth Spring: 7.4 mi
Cliffs: 12
  • Chrystal Cliff: 0.7 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 1.0 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 2.3 mi
  • Capitola Bluffs: 5.3 mi
Ghost towns: 10
Lighthouses: 3
Covered bridges: 2
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 1.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Trescony Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaNE 48°1,154 m14.7 mi
Crystal PeakNE 49°1,097 m15.1 mi
Mount UmunhumNNE 31°1,063 m15.4 mi
Mount ThayerNNE 27°1,061 m15.1 mi
Mount ChualNE 48°1,046 m15.5 mi
Mount BielawskiN 351°985 m17.8 mi
Castle RockN 351°979 m18.2 mi
El SombrosoNNE 26°917 m16.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:5019:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:07
December solstice07:1816:1516:56

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
  • Western Gull1,632 obs
  • Ochre Sea Star1,590 obs
  • Monarch1,576 obs
  • California Sea Lion1,512 obs
  • Red-tailed Hawk1,469 obs
  • Mallard1,425 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird1,409 obs
  • Giant Green Anemone1,190 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/458589912

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