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Beehive Peak

Beehive Peak, seen from above at true elevation

Beehive Peak rises to 637 m in California. Loma Prieta stands 1,154 m to the east-southeast, 8.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Charlie Historical Marker, a historic site 0.4 miles away.

About

The story

Mountain in United States of America.

Wikidata Q35726788, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
637 m
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates37.14254, -121.99270
Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Friendship Park: 1.1 mi
  • Loch Lomond City Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
  • Lompico Park: 4.2 mi
  • West Glenwood Preserve: 4.8 mi
  • Glenwood Meadows: 5.1 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves
Attractions
Gardens
  • Outdoor Education Garden: 5.4 mi
  • Italianate Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Phelan Cacti Garden: 7.4 mi
  • Hakone Gardens: 8.1 mi
  • Saratoga Community Garden: 9.6 mi
Museums
Historic sites
  • Mountain Charlie Historical Marker: 0.4 mi
  • Patchen (historic): 1.1 mi
  • Laurel Tunnel South Portal: 2.2 mi
  • Glenwood: 2.4 mi
  • Alma: 2.9 mi
Artworks: 56
Beaches: 51
Picnic sites: 50
  • Deer Flat Picnic Area: 3.9 mi
  • Glen Corrie Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
  • Glen Bre Picnic Area: 4.4 mi
  • Loch View Picnic Area: 4.5 mi
  • LCCC Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
Waterfalls: 23
  • Ferndell: 7.3 mi
  • Moose Lodge Falls: 8.2 mi
  • Castle Rock Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Maple Falls: 8.5 mi
  • Five Finger Falls: 9.7 mi
Springs: 19
  • Old Growth Spring: 5.0 mi
  • Cherry Springs: 5.4 mi
  • Badger Spring: 6.1 mi
  • Sulpher Springs: 6.9 mi
  • Olive Springs: 7.1 mi
Ghost towns: 11
Cliffs: 11
  • Lyme Disease Rock: 8.0 mi
  • Underworld Rock: 8.2 mi
  • Graffiti Rock: 10.3 mi
  • Upper Quarry: 10.5 mi
  • Anthony's Bluff: 11.5 mi
Lighthouses: 2
  • Santa Cruz West Breakwater Light: 12.6 mi
  • Santa Cruz Lighthouse: 13.3 mi
Covered bridges: 1
Natural arches: 1
  • Natural Bridges Rock Arch: 13.8 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 11.3 miles of Beehive Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Loma PrietaESE1,154 m8.5 mi
Crystal PeakESE1,097 m8.9 mi
Mount UmunhumENE1,063 m5.3 mi
Mount ThayerENE1,061 m4.3 mi
Mount ChualE1,046 m8.9 mi
Mount BielawskiNW985 m7.9 mi
Castle RockNW979 m8.2 mi
El SombrosoENE917 m5.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1218:4619:20
June solstice05:4919:5320:32
September equinox06:5718:3219:06
December solstice07:1916:1416:55

Local time (America/Los_Angeles).

Climate normals

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

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F515356596367707069645550
Precip in10.49.77.03.31.20.20.00.00.12.25.010.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BEN Lomond #4, 6 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/2398117015

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