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Wilcox Park

Wilcox Park from directly overhead

Wilcox Park is a park in California, at a modelled elevation of 46 m. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Dry Creek Village Park, a park 0.4 miles away.

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Coordinates37.29407, -121.90000
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Museums
Picnic sites
  • Cherry Picnic Area: 1.7 mi
  • Danny's Place: 2.9 mi
  • Silly Celebration: 2.9 mi
  • Whistling Woods: 2.9 mi
  • Chimes and Bells: 2.9 mi
Artworks
Peaks
  • Communications Hill: 1.9 mi
  • Lone Hill: 3.6 mi
  • Blossom Hill: 4.9 mi
  • Almaden Meadows Hill: 5.0 mi
  • Collords Peak: 6.7 mi
Historic sites
Attractions
Gardens
Nature reserves
Springs: 28
Beaches: 28
Waterfalls: 26
Ghost towns: 12
Cliffs: 10
  • Graffiti Rock: 9.6 mi
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 11.5 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 11.9 mi
  • The Bluff: 16.5 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 22.1 mi
Covered bridges: 2
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 23.7 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 24.7 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.7 miles of Wilcox Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaSSE 166°1,154 m13.0 mi
Crystal PeakSSE 164°1,097 m13.0 mi
Mount UmunhumS 180°1,063 m9.2 mi
Mount ThayerS 187°1,061 m9.1 mi
Mount ChualSSE 163°1,046 m12.6 mi
Mount BielawskiWSW 245°985 m11.7 mi
Castle RockWSW 247°979 m11.7 mi
El SombrosoS 184°917 m8.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4519:20
June solstice05:4819:5320:32
September equinox06:5618:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1316:54

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515457606469717170645651
Precip in3.03.22.61.20.50.20.00.00.10.81.43.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — SAN Jose, 5 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Western Honey Bee494 obs
  • Monarch489 obs
  • Red-shouldered Bug233 obs
  • Anna's Hummingbird194 obs
  • Western Fence Lizard154 obs
  • House Finch150 obs
  • European Paper Wasp148 obs
  • Arizona Mantis147 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/38605636

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